Developing GIS Solutions with MapObjects and Visual Basic

Name: Developing GIS Solutions with MapObjects and Visual Basic
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ISBN: 9780766854383

ISBN-10: 0766854388

ISBN-13: 9780766854383

Edition: 2002

Authors: Bruce Ralston

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This essential resource offers GIS professionals and students the programming skills to create state-of-the-art GIS applications using MapObjects and Visual Basic. Developing GIS Solutions with MapOjects and Visual Basic teaches GIS programming in a complete hands-on environment. This how-to manual provides instruction in how to use the latest version of the popular MapObjects ActiveX control from leading GIS application developer ESRI. Along the way, readers will gain a hands-on introduction to Visual Basic (VB) programming through practice VB programs utilizing MapObjects. GIS topics such as spatial selections, thematic mapping, overlays, map projections, and web-based GIS are all…

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List price: $149.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
Publication date: 10/31/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Bruce A. Ralston, is a Professor at the University of Tennessee. He received three awards from the Association of American Geographers, including the Edward L. Ullman Award for Outstanding Contributions to Transportation Geography, 1999; the Outstanding Geographic Software Award, 1994; and the Excellence in Applied Geography Award, 1991. Bruce Ralston is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Transport Geography and the President of GIS Tools, Inc.




Getting into the VB/MO Culture



Using ActiveX Controls



Programming Basics



The Map Objects ActiveX Control



Managing Map Layers



Tool Bars and Layer Management



Geometry, Coordinates, and Identifying Features



Rendering



Single Symbols



Rendering



The Unique Value Map Renderer



The Unique Value Map Renderer Continued



Rendering



The Quantile Renderer



Collections, Classes and Advanced Selections



Web Basics



Serving Maps on the Web, Method 1



Serving Maps on the Web, Method 2: The MO Internet Map Server



Buffering and Overlay






Projections and Coordinate Systems