Here is an excellent chance to get FREE MapPoint Web Service training from MSDN:

Training details:

MapPoint is so pervasive that it’s even used as a verb: “Did you MapPoint it?” But MapPoint is so much more than MapPoint.com. MapPoint can add location intelligence and graphics to your applications via XML Web Services. Sometimes, all it takes is a map to quickly and most effectively communicate your message. MapPoint provides a hosted, fully programmable XML Web service that enables you to add high-quality maps, driving directions, proximity searches, distance calculations, points of interest and other location-based information to your own Web sites and applications. Imagine mapping the locations of your company’s automobile fleet! Maybe you want to know where your sales team is located? How far do your customers have to go to get to you? If your data deals with the concept of “Location” in any way, you’ll want to check out this event.

Prerequisites
An attendee of this session should have completed the following prerequisites to have a satisfied experience. You should be interested in not getting lost from point A to point B, and what location aware type of applications.

Course Outline

Overview of Full-Featured Demo Application

Surveying the Basics
Routes and Routing
Points-of-Interest


Finding Locations and Rendering Maps

Finding a Location
Rendering a Map
Zooming and Panning
Finding Specific Addresses
Displaying a Location as a Pushpin

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