Map Control

[gharabed]

Just wondering if anybody knows of any control (commercial or free) that will allow me to embed a map (geoTIFF format) in my vb.net application and let me overlay icons on the map by passing it the geographic location (latitude/longitude)? Other features like being able to zoom in and out and pan around on the map would be important as well. Basically I am writing a vb.net app that collects various information as well as a person's geographic location from a GPS they are carrying. That information is relayed back to a central workstation where that person's geographic location and other information is displayed in my vb.net application. I want to be able to update the person's geographic location on a topographic map embedded in my vb.net application as the person carrying the GPS moves around. I am already receiving this information through a local network and am storing it in a database but need to be able to provide a map based interface to the user.

The only restriction I have is that the computer will not be on the internet so I can't use any internet based services. It will be on its own isolated network but without internet access.

Thanks,
Greg

 

[mansii]

Speaking about map, I think

http://www.esri.com

is a good start.

Good luck.

 

[NoCoolHandle]

Also.. If you can use a webbrowser control in your .net app look at the bing.maps vemap control.

With some experience in html and a bit of javascript it is amazingly easy to modify and control

check out this page as a start point.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb412439.aspx

There is good cut and paste code to use for getting a feel of it.

 

[bawstl]

You might want to check out the link below,

http://www.klynas.com/streets.html

 

[tcsbiz]

How about Google maps? There's a .NET API. I don't know anything about it but it might be work for you.

maps.google.com/getmaps