Microsoft MapPoint Location Server

The Microsoft's MapPoint Location Server allowed customers to connect real-time location information from mobile operators with map and route information supplied by the MapPoint Web Service. Microsoft marketed the Location Server as a tool to help companies optimize business processes through the efficient tracking and dispatching of mobile assets. Standard development tools are supported, allowing integration with existing business applications.

Location Server was launched in 2004, but is no longer available.

Further Reading

The Technet documentation for Location Server continues to be available.

Published in January 2006, Chandu Thota's Programming MapPoint in .NET (Programming) book is the only book that covers Microsoft MapPoint Location Server. This book also contains chapters on the desktop version of MapPoint, and Microsoft MapPoint Web Service.