Hi,
I have been thinking about creating an asset tracking web solution for a while now. In fact I have used Web edition V2 in the past but had to let go because of lack of time. Now the time is right to get this done!
I have some questions before I embark on my quest.
The system will monitor various tracking devices. Be it vehicles, people, etc
I would like to use Googlemaps to obtain my mapping data. With v2.0 I had used a mapinfo map and this worked quite well but is far more expensive to license.
I will probably select Map Suite Web Edition V3.0 because my application needs to be web based. And here are my questions:
1. Can the web edition use Google maps?
2. Can Google Maps be queried for locations as with Map info files? Say I want to find a particular road and pin point it on google maps and include a tool tip with some information. Can this be done?
3. What about back end processing? I would like to be able to convert a longitude and latitude to the current street name. Can I do this with google maps and web edition and if so how? I would like to be able to store the street names in MS SQL for archival.
Finally I think that it is important to know that I will be using VB.net to do this.
Sorry for the long winded message!
rgs
Brian