Latest News
6th July 2010: MPMileage v1.6 has been released.
MPMileage is a batch mileage computation tool for Microsoft MapPoint that computes point-to-point route distances
from a database. Version 1.6 adds support for rest stops and overnight stays in the calculated travel times.
Download your free 14 day trial, now!
See the MPMileage pages for further information
and purchase options.
21st June 2010: MileCharter v2.11 released.
MileCharter is our popular mileage chart computation tool for Microsoft MapPoint. MileCharter can batch calculate mileages
(and travel times and cost estimates) for all routes between two groups of pushpins.
MileCharter v2.11 adds support for MapPoint's automated rest stops. These can be used to insert stops at periodic
time intervals (eg. 10 minute stops every 3 hours).
Download your free 14 day trial, now!
See the MileCharter pages for further information
and purchase options.
14th June 2010: New product released: MPCluster v1.1
MPCluster is our new cluster analysis tool for Microsoft MapPoint.
MPCluster finds clusters (natural groups) of pushpin points, and draws the clusters as annotation on the
map or lists them in Microsoft® Excel®. v1.1 includes a number of new management options, algorithm improvements,
plus the ability to define the minimum distance between cluster centers.
Download your free 14 day trial, now!
See the MPCluster pages for further information
and purchase options.
7th June 2010: New volume discounts for Single State Mapper
Single State Mapper is a set of Microsoft MapPoint
templates that allow you to create maps of individual US states and counties.
We have just added a new discount level. Prices are discounted from the individual
price of US$75/license to US$60/license for purchases of 5 or more licenses.
See the Single State Mapper
pages for further information and purchase options.
2nd June 2010: MPSuperShape v2.4 released.
MPSuperShape is a shape manipulation tool for Microsoft MapPoint.
MPSuperShape can be used to combine or intersect shapes. It can also import and export shapes using a number of different
formats. v2.4 adds the ability to export pushpins contained by shapes to Microsoft® Excel®. Pushpins are exported
on a shape-by-shape basis to individual worksheets. MPSuperShape v2.4 also fixes a licensing bug which caused
trial licenses to immediately expire in certain rare cases.
Existing users of MPSuperShape v1.7 (and earlier) will need to purchase a new license.
Discounted upgrade licenses are available for
US$40.
Download your free 14 day trial, now!
See the MPSuperShape pages for further information
and purchase options.
5th May 2010: MPSuperShape v2.3 released.
MPSuperShape is a shape manipulation tool for Microsoft MapPoint.
MPSuperShape can be used to combine or intersect shapes. It can also import and export shapes using a number of different
formats. v2.3 adds the ability to set the (unselected) color and line thickness of all the selected shapes
within one operation. It also improves the ability to import poorly-formatted KML files.
Existing users of MPSuperShape v1.7 (and earlier) will need to purchase a new license.
Discounted upgrade licenses are available for
US$40.
Download your free 14 day trial, now!
See the MPSuperShape pages for further information
and purchase options.
27th April 2010: RouteWriter v2.10 released
v2.10 of the RouteWriter add-in has been released. v2.10 is a maintenance release of the popular RouteWriter / RouteReader tool for importing and export MapPoint route data. v2.9 includes a number of bug fixes that improve RouteWriter's handling of corrupt MapPoint data fields and locations.
RouteWriter v2.10 costs US$75 per license. Existing users can upgrade for free.
19th April 2010: MPMileage v1.5 has been released.
MPMileage is a batch mileage computation tool for Microsoft MapPoint that computes point-to-point route distances
from a database. Version 1.5 adds improved support for ODBC connections, including support for File Data Source
Names (DSNs) and the ability to enter login credentials at run time.
Download your free 14 day trial, now!
See the MPMileage pages for further information
and purchase options.
9th April 2010: New article published: Microsoft MapPoint Multi-Processing with Python
A new article has been added to the programming articles section, entitled Microsoft MapPoint Multi-Processing with Python. This article discusses various issues with using MapPoint in a multi-threaded environment, and demonstrates the use of MapPoint multi-processing in Python to improve batch processing speeds.
5th April 2010: New product released: MPCluster v1.0
MPCluster is our new cluster analysis tool for Microsoft MapPoint.
MPCluster finds clusters (natural groups) of pushpin points, and draws the clusters as annotation on the
map or lists them in Microsoft® Excel®.
Download your free 14 day trial, now!
See the MPCluster pages for further information
and purchase options.
19th March 2010: Price reduced for Microsoft MapPoint 2010 to $249.
Prices have been reduced to $249 for both the North American and European editions of
Microsoft MapPoint 2010.
Buy your copy of MapPoint 2010, today!
18th March 2010: New article published: Using the new Location API in Windows 7
A new article has been added to the programming articles section, entitled Programming: Using the new Location API in Windows 7. This article develops a simple Location API demo application using C++ MFC.
3rd February 2010: MPSuperShape v2.2 released.
MPSuperShape is a shape manipulation tool for Microsoft MapPoint.
MPSuperShape can be used to combine or intersect shapes. It can also import and export shapes using a number of different
formats. v2.2 extends the boundary shape to work with selected shapes as well as groups of pushpins. It also fixes a
minor problem with KML file imports.
Existing users of MPSuperShape v1.7 (and earlier) will need to purchase a new license.
Discounted upgrade licenses are available for
US$40.
Download your free 14 day trial, now!
See the MPSuperShape pages for further information
and purchase options.
9th December 2009: European edition of Microsoft MapPoint 2010 on sale for US$269.
In partnership with MP2KMag.com, we are now able to offer the European (English language) edition of
Microsoft MapPoint 2010 for US$269 per license, including US
shipping. Discounts are available for volume orders.
Buy your copy of MapPoint 2010, today!
2nd December 2009: MPSuperShape v2.1 released.
MPSuperShape is a shape manipulation tool for Microsoft MapPoint.
MPSuperShape can be used to combine or intersect shapes. It can also import and export shapes using a number of different
formats. v2.1 adds the ability to simplify shapes, and to delete multiple selected shapes. It also adds support in the
intersection and union operations for shapes with shared edges.
Existing users of MPSuperShape v1.7 (and earlier) will need to purchase a new license.
Discounted upgrade licenses are available for
US$40.
Download your free 14 day trial, now!
See the MPSuperShape pages for further information
and purchase options.
6th October 2009: Microsoft MapPoint 2010 on sale for US$269.
In partnership with MP2KMag.com, we are now able to offer the North American edition of
Microsoft MapPoint 2010 for US$269 per license, including US
shipping. Discounts are available for volume orders.
We shall also be supplying the English language version of the European edition, when it becomes
available.
Buy your copy of MapPoint 2010, today!
17th September 2009: MapPoint Printing Services launched.
In partnership with Mattys Consulting, we are now able to offer a range of printing options for
Microsoft MapPoint maps. Mattys Consulting are able to produce maps which cover a wide geographic extent whilst
preserving the fine detail of a zoomed-in map. Print-outs can be to laminated maps, Adobe PDF documents, TIFF bitmap images,
or Microsoft MapCruncher tiles suitable for Microsoft Bing Maps. This could be an effective way of adding
choropleth overlay maps to Bing Maps.
See the MapPoint Print Services page for more details and pricing
14th September 2009: MPSuperShape v2.0 released.
MPSuperShape is a shape manipulation tool for Microsoft MapPoint.
MPSuperShape can be used to combine or intersect shapes. It can also import and export shapes using a number of different
formats. v2.0 is a major new release that adds the ability to export ESRI Shapefile (SHP) and MapInfo MIF files; and adds
ability to import/export SHP and MIF files that use different projections and coordinate systems.
Existing users of MPSuperShape v1.7 (and earlier) will need to purchase a new license.
Discounted upgrade licenses are available for
US$40.
Download your free 14 day trial, now!
See the MPSuperShape pages for further information
and purchase options.
8th September 2009: New articles published
Two further articles about MapPoint 2010 have been added to the articles section. These are:
- An Overview of the New Features in MapPoint 2010 - discusses the changes made to the new version of MapPoint
- MapPoint Programming: Using the new MapFeature object in MapPoint 2010 - C# examples for using the MapFeature objects
2nd September 2009: New articles published
Two summary articles listing MapPoint 2010 resources have been added to the articles section. These are:
- Map Feature Categories in MapPoint 2010 - lists all of the new map feature categories
- Pushpin Symbols for MapPoint 2010 - full list of pushpins
2nd September 2009: RouteWriter v2.9 released
v2.9 of the RouteWriter add-in has been released. v2.9 is a maintenance release of the popular RouteWriter / RouteReader tool for importing and export MapPoint route data. v2.9 includes a number of bug fixes to RouteReader allowing for better handling of non-conventional data fields for sorting and grouping waypoints.
RouteWriter v2.9 costs US$75 per license. Existing users can upgrade for free.
28th August 2009: MPMileage v1.4 has been released.
MPMileage is a batch mileage computation tool for Microsoft MapPoint that computes point-to-point route distances
from a database. Version 1.4 is a maintenance release that includes better support for 64 bit systems, improved
resilience against corrupt registries, and a more efficient shut-down process.
Download your free 14 day trial, now!
See the MPMileage pages for further information
and purchase options.
