The following tools and templates for Microsoft MapPoint are available from Mapping-Tools.Com:
MileCharter
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 MileCharter can solve your problems. MileCharter 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. MileCharter can also report only the closest destinations, or those that are within a specific distance or travel time.
See the MileCharter pages for further details and a free trial download.
MPSuperShape NEW!
MPSuperShape is a shape manipulation tool for Microsoft MapPoint 2006. It allows you to combine shapes, find overlaps between shapes, and to read/write shapes using an XML-based format. 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.
- 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.
RouteWriter & RouteReader
Do you have problems importing or exporting route waypoints whilst maintaining their order? RouteWriter 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.
RouteWriter now includes 'RouteReader'. 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 RouteWriter pages for further details and to download a free trial.
GridImp
Do you have a gridded dataset of geographic data that you would like to plot in Microsoft MapPoint? Perhaps Microsoft MapPoint insists on plotting the data with pushpins?
If so, then GridImp can solve your problems. GridImp is designed to plot data that is indexed by coordinates, rather than by place names.
See the GridImp pages for further details and to download a free trial.
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.
Single State Mapper
Do you need to display a map of only one US State, but Microsoft MapPoint insists on drawing the entire US as well as Canada and Mexico?
If so, you need the Single State Mapper. All fifty US States are supported. Surrounding States and countries are drawn in white by default, but their colors can be easily modified.
See the Single State Mapper pages for further details and a demonstration download.
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.
TourSolver for MapPoint
TourSolver for MapPoint is a powerful route planning and optimization tool. This is based on Microsoft® MapPoint® for data display and presentation.
TourSolver can optimize stops between multiple routes, handling a wide variety of constraints including times, capacities, and legal restrictions.
See the TourSolver pages for further details and downloads.