Microsoft mapping, geospatial development in Windows 10 with Bing Maps and C#, Carmen Au, Ray Rischpater
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Label
Microsoft mapping, geospatial development in Windows 10 with Bing Maps and C#, Carmen Au, Ray Rischpater
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Microsoft mapping
Nature of contents
bibliographydictionaries
Oclc number
1934650396
Responsibility statement
Carmen Au, Ray Rischpater
Series statement
The expert's voice in Microsoft
Sub title
geospatial development in Windows 10 with Bing Maps and C#
Summary
This edition includes details about SQL Server 2014 and 3D and Streetside-capable map control for Windows 10 applications. It contains updated chapters on Microsoft Azure and Power Map for Excel plus a new chapter on Bing Maps for Universal Windows. The book tells a story of planning and deploying a single geospatial application built using Microsoft technologies from end-to-end. It provides: fully working code samples that show the concepts in use with ASP.NET 4.5 and Windows 10; complete solutions to the problems of geospatial development: visualization, hosting and localization of services; shows how Bing Maps API can be connected to the Azure Cloud; coverage of how the Bing Maps API can be implanted within Windows and Windows Phone applications for Windows 10 applications to provide a robust service tailored to the capabilities of each device; coverage of the new Windows 10 Bing Maps control. --, Edited summary from book
Table of contents
At a Glance; Contents; About the Authors; About the Technical Reviewer; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Getting Started with Microsoft and Mapping; Mapping and Microsoft; Bing Maps for Developers; Microsoft SQL Server for Location Applications; Windows Azure to Host Your Application; Maps without Code: Microsoft Power Map; What You Need to Get Started; A Few Words on Terminology; Introducing the Sample Application; Developing Your Application; Wrapping Up; Chapter 2: Painless Hosting with Azure; Why Microsoft Azure?; Cloud-Computing ServicesVirtual Machines (IaaS)Cloud Services (PaaS); Websites (SaaS); Microsoft Azure Data Management; Blobs; Tables; SQL Databases; Setting Up Microsoft Azure; Getting a Microsoft Azure Account; Getting the Microsoft Azure SDK; Hosting a Bing Map on Azure; Obtaining a Bing Maps Account; Obtaining a Bing Maps Key; Building the Bing Map; Hosting the Bing Map on Microsoft Azure; Wrapping Up; Chapter 3: Geospatial Data with Azure SQL Database; SQL Database Overview; Accessing Data in SQL Database; SQL Database Architecture Overview; The Client Layer ; The Service LayerThe Platform Layer The Infrastructure Level ; SQL Database Provisioning Model ; Federations in SQL Database; Geospatial Representation in SQL Database; Spatial Reference Systems Overview; SQL Database Spatial Data Types; Setting Up a SQL Database; Inserting Geospatial Data into a SQL Database; Wrapping Up; Chapter 4: Hosting WCF Services on Microsoft Azure; WCF: A Crash Course; Services; Endpoints ; Addresses ; Bindings ; Contracts ; Hosting; WCF Client ; WCF Client Proxy ; WCF Service for Earthquake Data; Creating the WCF Service ; Hosting the WCF Service on AzureClient Application A Note on Debugging ; Wrapping Up; Chapter 5: Map Visualization with Bing Maps for the Web; Bing Maps Ajax Control Basics; Playing with the Map View; Map Markers; Setting the Location of a Pushpin ; Polygons; Putting It All Together; Create the Model; Loading the Earthquake Data (The Controller); Displaying the Earthquake Data (The View); Wrapping Up; Chapter 6: Doing More with Bing Maps; Location; Where Is It?; Sample Location Query Application; Where Am I?; Routing; Sample Routing Query Application; Directions Module ; Traffic; ThemingBuilding Your Own Modules Wrapping Up; Chapter 7: Bing Maps for WPF; Introducing the Bing Maps for WPF Control; Getting the Control; Key Classes and Relationships; Using the Control; Kicking the Tires; Earthquakes Everywhere!; Geocoding with the Bing Maps Geocoder Service ; Routing with the Bing Maps Routing Service ; Wrapping Up; Chapter 8: Bing Maps for Windows Universal Applications; Introducing Bing Maps for Windows Universal Applications; Seeing the Map Control in Action; Your First Windows Universal Map App; Creating a Custom Map Icon; Switching Map Modes
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Geospatial development in Windows 10 with Bing Maps and C#