InfoGraph - Programming MapObjects with Visual Basic

Overview

This three-day course provides the foundation for becoming a successful MapObjects developer. The course offers a conceptual overview of the MapObjects Control and hands-on experience using its set of programmable ActiveX automation objects within the VB programming environment. Participants build VB applications that use MapObjects components to create maps and perform attribute and geographic (spatial) queries, address matching, and database editing. The course enables VB programmers to develop MapObjects software enhanced applications.

Audience

This course is for experienced developers of Windows-based software who want to add map display and basic GIS functionality into the applications they build, both for deployment as stand-alone applications or on the Web.

Goals

Create or enhance VB applications with the MapObjects Control
Navigate the MapObjects OMD
Use specific objects, methods, and properties provided by MapObjects components
Use different types of data with MapObjects components
Add a map control to a VB form
Add map layers
Thematically map layers
Display data, in real time, that moves across a map
Edit map features and attribute data
Turn an address into a location on a map
Project maps
Export and print maps
Deploy a MapObjects application

Topics

Overview of MapObjects: MapObjects Control and the types of functions it supports; MapObjects components and the OMD; How MapObjects Control works with VB.

Adding a map to an application: Map control and map layer objects; Coordinates; Positioning and scaling (pan and zoom) operations.

Data sources: Working with data sources that are used to add map layers and attribute tables.

Rendering a map: Working with MapRenderers to present attributes in a database with special colors and symbols.

Presenting dynamic data on a map: Adding a Tracking layer to show time series or real-time data moving across a map.

Querying data: Selecting and identifying features; Creating reports and graphs.

Finding out about features on a map: Using data access objects to retrieve information and calculate statistics about what is on a map; Querying a map to select features with common attributes or those with a special geographic relationship.

Database editing: Editing attribute tables and locational data (e.g., boundary lines and point locations) using Recordset and MapLayer objects.

Address matching: Using address matching objects to turn addresses into point locations on a map; Learning what is required for a street map and for addresses.

Projections: Converting a map from one projection to another; Creating a shapefile metadata projection file.

Map output: Getting maps out of an application and into other applications and printers.

Deploying a MapObjects application: Learning about the components needed to deploy a MapObjects application.

Prerequisites

This course is for a wide audience; however, participants should have a working knowledge of VB. Participants without programming experience are encouraged to take Introduction to Visual Basic for ESRI Software (Web-based course) before attending this class.
Participants in this course should know the following VB fundamentals:

Duration: Three days

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