MapPoint Symbols http://www.mappointsymbols.com Observations and insights about Symbols for Microsoft MapPoint Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:44:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 MapPoint Symbols and MapPoint Pushpin Topics http://www.mappointsymbols.com/mappoint-symbols-and-mappoint-pushpin-topics/7 http://www.mappointsymbols.com/mappoint-symbols-and-mappoint-pushpin-topics/7#comments Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:44:51 +0000 admin http://www.mappointsymbols.com/?p=7 This blog will not be limited to, but will encompass many of the following topics:

  • Link and resources for downloading additional MapPoint Pushpin Symbols!
  • How to convert symbol sets for other mapping platforms that do not readily import into MapPoint
  • How the MapPoint Pushpin Symbol sets have differed over past releases (MapPoint 2004 added more, MapPoint 2009 removed all of the old symbols but added new ones, etc.)
  • Tips on how to create and edit your own Pushpin custom symbols

Have any more topics you would like to see? Post as a comment below or post on MapForums.

]]> http://www.mappointsymbols.com/mappoint-symbols-and-mappoint-pushpin-topics/7/feed 0 MapPoint Symbols http://www.mappointsymbols.com/mappoint-symbols/3 http://www.mappointsymbols.com/mappoint-symbols/3#comments Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:24:36 +0000 admin http://www.mappointsymbols.com/?p=3 The Desktop version of MapPoint (MapPoint 2000/2001/2002/2004/2006/2009/2010 – as opposed to MapPoint.NET or the MapPoint Web Service and Virtual Earth or Bing Maps for Enterprise) ships with a variety of great pushpins for most mapping needs.

Along with the Legend and labels, you can use the built-in pushpins to depict just about anything. However, to make maps more readable, you may wish to use some custom MapPoint symbols. MapPoint fortunately allows this capability, making MapPoint a very versatile tool for mapping just about any data.

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