Mapopolis is who we are currently using too and unfortunately our users
are starting to complain about the accuracy of the maps so it has us
looking for a new solution. Its too bad about Mapopolis because they
were really nice and offered everything we needed.
"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <p space tobey no spam AT no instrument no spam
DOT com> wrote in message I've never heard of such an option on anything that's generally
available now. The mapping/navigation software I use, Mapopolis, which
is no longer available (seems to be a pattern there), will do all of
the standard sorts of things (from current location, from contact
address, to contact address, to lat/long, etc.), but that's all entered
through the UI of the application.
I suppose that, for a given address, you could programmatically select
the right menu items and enter the address (send some WM_COMMAND
messages to select Navigation, Address, and then send the keys to 'type
in' the address that you want -- keybd_event(), then press the OK
button). You should be able to do that with any mapping program,
although each one would be different, of course. I think that this is
probably your best bet (automating the user interface).
Paul T.
No I am not kidding; I don't think you understood my question. I am
asking for mapping software suggestions that have some type of "hook"
that I can pass an address to and it will route to that address. I do
not care what kind of data they use or what format it is in. The
company I am currently using has a command argument that I pass when
executing their application that does this however, they are no longer
offering their services. I realize I can write my own using navteq or
teleatls but I do not want to do this nor do I have the time to.
"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <p space tobey no spam AT no instrument no spam
DOT com> wrote in message You're kidding right? Every application that does this sort of
operation is going to use their own data, in their own format.
You're essentially asking for the entire contents of a TomTom GPS
that you can use to build a competitor.
My understanding is that you can buy the maps for any particular part
of the world (you didn't specify), from companies that do just that
(Navteq, for example). You'd then have to write some code to figure
out a suitable route from wherever you are to where you want to do,
get some speech software to give spoken directions, if that's
desired, render the map data on the screen, etc. While there may be
some online Web services that you could use, since you want to
distribute the maps, I think you're stuck with building everything
yourself.
Paul T.
Hello all, does anyone have any suggestions on mapping software to
use? I am looking for a solution that allows me to pass parameters
to it (i.e. destination address) and then have it route to the
address via a GPS link. Another requirement I have is the maps have
to reside on the device (SD Card) and cannot come from a server and
it would be nice to have the maps broken down by city, state or
region. Does anyone know of anything out there right now like this?
