Index of Microsoft® MapPoint® Tools

The following tools and templates for Microsoft MapPoint are available from Mapping-Tools.Com. They are listed in alphabetical order. We also have a list arranged by category.

MPMileCharter

Table of distances between some major European cities

Do you need to calculate large numbers of route distances, travel times, or route costs between many locations in Microsoft MapPoint? For example, you might need to calculate the costs to charge your customers by servicing them from particular specific. Or perhaps you need a distance table like that found in a road atlas?

If so, then MPMileCharter can solve your problems. MPMileCharter is designed to batch-calculate mileage tables and charts in Microsoft MapPoint. Output can be in the form of distances, travel times, and/or cost estimates. All of Microsoft MapPoint's routing options are supported, including automated rest stops and overnight stays. MPMileCharter can also report only the closest destinations, or those that are within a specific distance or travel time. The resulting tables can be written to a Microsoft Excel workbook, or a text file.

See the MPMileCharter pages for further details and a free trial download.

MPCluster

MPCluster is a cluster analysis tool for Microsoft MapPoint. MPCluster finds clusters (groups) in MapPoint datasets. MPCluster supports most dataset types, but is typically used with pushpin sets or shaded area datasets. Cluster sizes can be determined in a number of ways including minimum/maximum number of component data points, and maximum cluster radius. The results can be drawn as map annotation or written out to Microsoft Excel. MPCluster also provides a number of options to manage existing cluster annotation.

See the MPCluster pages for further details and to download a free trial.

Note: MPCluster has a minimum requirement of Microsoft .NET 4.0, and Microsoft MapPoint 2006.

MPMileage

MPMileage is a batch mileage computation tool for Microsoft MapPoint. Unlike MileCharter, MPMileage works as a standalone program that reads point-to-point routes from a database. Results are written to the same database. Supported databases include Microsoft Access, ODBC connections, and Microsoft Excel.

MPMileage supports all of MapPoint's routing options. Start and end locations can be specified using pushpins, street addresses, or geographic coordinates. It can also take advantage of modern multi-core PCs for greatly improved processing speeds.

See the MPMileage pages for further details and to download a free trial.

Note: MPMileage has a minimum requirement of Microsoft .NET 4.0, and Microsoft MapPoint 2006.

MPSuperShape

MPSuperShape is a shape manipulation tool for Microsoft MapPoint 2006 (and later). It allows you to combine shapes, find overlaps between shapes, and to import / export shapes using a number of different formats. Possible applications include:

Combining drive-time areas to find the total area covered by existing depots.
Finding territory overlaps.
Finding areas which meet multiple characteristics.
Creating boundary shapes around groups of pushpins and/or shapes.
Simplify shapes for improved MapPoint efficiency.
Create Google Maps or Microsoft Bing Maps (Virtual Earth) web pages.
Transfering shapes to/from other GIS systems including ESRI and MapInfo.

See the MPSuperShape pages for further details and to download a free trial.

Note: MPSuperShape has a minimum requirement of MapPoint 2006 and .NET 2.0.

Pushpin Tool

Do you find it slow to manage lots of pushpins on your Microsoft MapPoint maps? Does it seem to take forever to open or close all your pushpin balloons? Do you need a better way to export your pushpin data? If so, you need the Pushpin Tool.

See the Pushpin Tool pages for further details and a free trial download.

MPRouteWriter & MPRouteReader

Do you have problems importing or exporting route waypoints whilst maintaining their order? MPRouteWriter solves these problems by exporting waypoints to Excel in route order. Waypoints are cross-referenced with pushpins, allowing all pushpin data fields to be exported.

MPRouteWriter includes 'MPRouteReader'. This is a new add-in that does the opposite. Ie. you can create a route from pushpins in a pre-determined order. This order is specified using a pushpin data field.

See the MPRouteWriter pages for further details and to download a free trial.

North American State Mapping Template

Do you need to display a map of only one US State, US County, or Canadian Province, but Microsoft MapPoint insists on drawing the entire US as well as Canada and Mexico?

If so, you need the North American State Mapping Template. The North American State Mapping Template consists of three different templates that can be used to create maps of individual US States, US Counties, or Canadian Provinces. Surrounding States/Counties and countries are drawn in white by default, but their colors can be easily modified.

See the North American State Mapping Template page for further details and a demonstration download.

Freeware Tools

The following tools are freeware - ie. you do not have to pay to use them beyond a trial period.

DriveSpeed

The DriveSpeed Add-in adds the ability to enter road speeds as numbers. Microsoft provided this ability in MapPoint 2002 & 2004, but replaced the number entry with sliders in MapPoint 2006.

DriveSpeed was written by Paul Larson and is distributed as freeware.

See the DriveSpeed Add-in page for further details and download options.

Shape Name Utility

The Shape Name Utility is an add-in that allows a user to examine and change a shape's name. This tool is distributed as freeware and as open source under the Berkeley (BSD) license.

See the Shape Name Utility pages for further details, documentation, and download options.

Back & Forward Utility

The Back & Forward Utility is an add-in that replaces the back and forward buttons which were removed in Microsoft MapPoint 2009. These buttons allowed a user to move a previous map view, or move forward to the starting map view. Back & Forward Utility implements these operations with new menu entries on the Tools menu. This tool is distributed as freeware and as open source under the Berkeley (BSD) license.

See the Back & Forward Utility pages for further details and download options.

Custom Solutions

If none of the above tools match what you are looking for, then a custom solution may be possible. Contact us and ask if a custom add-in or tool can be written that meets your needs.