Map Designer as VB 3rd Party Control 1

[TorrediPisa]

Good morning.

Do you know if there is a 3rd party control which enables to draw detailed maps (towns, ports, depots, etc...).
The only I know is The HotSpotImage where you can draw lines onto a existing picture or drawing, so that each of the parts created are event sensitive in VB code. But unfortunately this control does not enable to draw sideways lines.
Can you help me?

Thanks and regards
TdP

 

[gmmastros]

There are several.

If you ONLY want to display maps, your best bet would be to use Microsoft MapPoint:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/mappoint/

If you need to modify the map (adding new roads and such), you'll want to look at ESRI's MapObjects product.

http://www.esri.com/software/mapobjects/index.html

Or MapInfo's MapX control.

http://extranet.mapinfo.com/products/Overview.cfm?productid=1041

If you plan on working with municipal governments within the United States, you'll be better off using ESRI's product because they probably have the largest market share.

You may also want to look at Blue Marble Geographics.

http://www.bluemarblegeo.com/

If you are not concerned about adding new roads to your map, my recommendation would be to use Microsoft's product.

-George

Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause. - Fortune cookie wisdom

 

[MattSTech]

Star for you George, I have been looking for this.

Matt

 

[gmmastros]

I should mention that I have experience with MapInfo and MapPoint.

I know this...

Getting the map data for MapX and MapObjects is pretty expensive (think thousands and thousands of dollars). With MapPoint, you get all the street level map data for the U.S. along with the product. Each product requires a run-time license for each computer you install the control on. The run-time license generally range from $100 to $300 (U.S. Dollars).

MapX doesn't directly support routing (shortest path from 1 point to another using the streets). You can, however, add new roads to your map. This is very important for my application. You can get around the map data costs by using

MapPoint is the control that Microsoft Streets & Trips uses. MapPoint does support creating shortest point routes, but you cannot add new roads or modify existing roads.

Because of the limitations, I eventually wrote my own map control, complete with routing capabilities and the ability to add new roads.

-George

Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause. - Fortune cookie wisdom