Anyone else out there addicted to the internet? I am. My newest plan is to
learn ASP. (Apparently drumbeat 2000 has a component that links to
MapQuest. That should be interesting.) All these years, and the farthest
I've gotten so far (beyond my web page links) is clickable maps. A cute
quiz at http://www.umbc.edu/~roswell/map.html (years old, now) and some
borrowed gifs underlying http://www.mdlcv.org/maps/mdmap.htm
Okay: so who's got a clickable map generator that actually works? My two
prior queries to the list went unanswered. There was one linked to my web
site: it generated the image map from a MapInfo boundary file. But alas:
I never got it working.
See: I want the clickable map to be generated form the object itself: not
from handdrawn shapes on top of the polygons.
I also want to go beyond clickable maps, but MapInfo's web products seem
too difficult, or too expensive, or too limited. I still haven't settled
on anything, but I'm focusing on ASP for the moment. Data-enabled web
sites may be less cool than map-enabled, but it's bread and butter at this
point. Bread and hummus. Pita and hummus.
My passion for environmental protection, and protection from toxic
environments led me to MapInfo in the first place. I'm at the same place
with ASP now that I was with MapInfo about 6 years ago. I opened the new
MapBasic manual and laughed. I had never written a program in my life, but
I learned how.... I went home for Passover armed with books about Qbasic,
and MapBasic. Now it's Visual Basic I'll need....
My parents home have this wonderful rug: perfect for stretching out with a
good bunch of computer books. And so, between Passover meals... Does
anyone else besides me spend too much time at this stuff? (Does anyone
else admit it?) If it weren't for my plans to launch two environmental web
sites with national concern, this would feel crazy.
Your tales of woe (or clickable maps, or ASP, or map-enabled web sites)
welcome, but send to me if it's too far afield from mapping concerns.
Margie
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Marjorie Roswell, Spatial Analyst
UMBC Center for Health Program Development and Management
1000 Hilltop Circle Fx: (410)455-6850
Baltimore, MD 21250 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ph: (410)455-6802 http://umbc.edu/~roswell/mipage.html
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