Microsoft and Rolling Thunder Present
MapPoint Web Service Technical Briefing
A Three-Day Public Class
Taught by Software Legend David S. Platt
President of Rolling Thunder Computing, Instructor in Computer Science at Harvard University Extension School, noted author and software developer (full bio)
September 13 - 15, 2004, at the Microsoft Technology Center in Waltham MA (10 mi NW of Boston)
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Schedule/Topic Grid:
| Day | Morning Topic | Afternoon Topic |
| Monday | Introduction to MapPoint Web Service | Render Service -- providing maps |
| Tuesday | Find Service -- locating addresses and points of interest, geocoding | Directions Service -- providing driving directions from one place to another |
| Wednesday | Location Service -- Finding locations of cooperative cell phones, doing interesting things with them. | Customer Data -- rendering, geocoding, and finding within your own data sets |
(Click here for full syllabus)
Special Introductory Price: US$ 1000 per person
Prerequisites: Basic Windows programming knowledge in any .NET language. All sample code will be available in both C# and VB. Basic understanding of Web Services to the level discussed in the chapter on Web Services from your instructor's book Introducing Microsoft .NET. A complimentary copy of that chapter (zipped PDF, 2 MB) is available here.
Extra! Includes dinner with instructor on one of the nights, probably Tuesday, at the Harvard University Faculty Club. It's an excellent place except for the low-life scum they admit as members. (Note: as you can see from their web site, the club has a number of small but pleasant rooms for overnight guests. Call me if you'd like to stay there and I'll see if I can get a reservation for you. It's not all that convenient to the class location, though -- 13 miles with some traffic, and don't believe for a microsecond the 17 minutes that MapPoint's web site claims it takes. More like 30 - 45 minutes at the times you'd be going.)
Dates don't work for you, or too many attendees for your travel budget? You can have this class taught in-house at your company. Click here to read about in-house classes, then call for details. It's usually cost-effective if you have 6 or more students.
Location: Class is held at the Microsoft Technology Center in Waltham, MA 02451. Click here for travel information, driving directions, lodging and restaurant info. (WinWord format, 325k)
GUARANTEED! We stand firmly behind our training class and the knowledge we're confident you'll gain from attending. You must be completely satisfied with the quality and results of this training, or we will fully refund your tuition.
Cancellation Policy: Full refund if cancellation received by 5:00 PM ET on August 13. No refund if cancellation received thereafter, but you may substitute a different attendee at any time.
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