What is MapPoint?

MapPoint is a mapping software product from Microsoft that is redefining the GIS and desktop mapping market. MapPoint was originally released in 1999 and with version MapPoint 2002 it was catapulted this product beyond the desktop mapping consumer market and into the hands of real estate and GIS professionals.

The latest version, MapPoint 2006 features the best commercially-available geographic data (streets and demographics), features tight integration with Microsoft Office, and like all other Microsoft Office products is fully programmable for third-party application development and add-ins.

Get a copy of MapPoint

Order it through MP2Kmag. The European version is available at www.amazon.co.uk.

North American version

European version

Recent Topics

Here are the latest five topics in the MapPoint discussion forum on MP2Kmag.

converting lat lon to x y

Extract all streets names of a country

Snap to a Road

Problem to open Excel file

Extracting PostalCode from SearchResults

Read About MapPoint

MP2K Magazine - The Magazine for MapPoint

MapPoint 2006 - MapPoint 2006

MapPoint Community - MapPoint Development

Stay Informed!

Subscribe to the MP2K Update newsletter by sending an e-mail to newsletter-subscribe@mp2kmag.com.

There is an established active Microsoft forum for discussing MapPoint. A list of topics is also included on this site. An older list of MapPoint topics is also found on this site.

Visit the MP2K Magazine.

Contribute

View early contributions in the MapPoint Gallery. Submissions of all forms currently accepted, for instance, maps with a story---e-mail a jpg or gif of your map with 1-2 paragraphs describing the project.