Microsoft virtual Earth Map point web service
Now we will discuss about render service method. By using this render service method you can draw maps of locations and routes, draw polygon pushpins, place pushpins. By using this render service method you can set the map size, you can obtain location information of polygons and point on map and then you can pan as well as zoom a rendered map. There are various types of render service methods, which are as follows.
ConvertToPoint: with the help of this render service method longitude and latitude coordinates are converted into pixel coordinates in a particular map by returning pixel coordinates to a latitude and longitude in a rendered map.
GetMap: This render service method returns map views, hot area definitions according to map options and map images.
GetBestMapview: This render service method returns the best map view to a selected location. The best map view id one of the biggest scale maps which includes all the locations we want
GetLineDriveMap: This render service method returns map images, hot area descriptions according to map options and map views
Now we will discuss about route service method. By using route service method you can generate driving directions, calculated route representations in accordance with locations, waypoints, generate map views about segments and directions and route preferences. There are various kinds of route service methods which are as follows.
CalculateRoute: This route service method returns a route according to route sections and specifications.
CalculateSimpleRoute: This route service method returns a route according to particular longitude and latitude coordinates
There is release of new version of map point web service which contains excellent features. By using the features of map point web service we can employ map point web service applications in easy way. The recent version also contains backward-compatible updates for some existing features. now we will discuss the features of version 4.5 CSRS.
By using this new version you can set preferences for various road types. Map point web service makes use of these preferences while generating driving directions as well as routes. If you set your road preferences then you are able to ask MapPoint web service for generating routes, which favor freeways as well as roads over ferries and toll roads.
In this version, there is addition of Europe map style which brings maps in color scheme which are found in European maps.
Now we will discuss the detail description of features of version 4.1 CSR2. This new version of map point web service has new functionality through which you can geocode point-of interest data without uploading this data into MapPoint web service staging, by storing your data on your server. This recent version of map point web service consists of APIs, which can be used for performing tasks like copy data sources from one environment to other environment and delete custom data sources. Version 4.0 of web point web service also contains one data source called MapPoint.WorldRoutable. We get a worldwide road map through this data source.
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