Mapping Mashups in SharePoint
Designer
Tom Resing
Senior Software Engineer
MicroLink, LLC
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Mapping Mashups in SharePoint Designer
Tom Resing
INTRODUCTION
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About Tom
 Microsoft Certified  12 Years of Technical
Technology Specialist Experience
• MOSS Configuration • Public Sector and
• WSS Configuration Private Sector
• MOSS Application • Web Focused
Development
• WSS Application
Development
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About MicroLink
 Microsoft Gold Partner
• Main Office in Vienna, Virginia
 Microsoft’s Federal Partner of the Year for 2007
 Microsoft’s DoD Partner of the Year for 2007
and 2006
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Agenda
 Overview
 SharePoint Designer Techniques
 Demonstration of Mapping List Items
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OVERVIEW
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Mashups
a mashup is a
web application
that combines
data from more
than one source
into a single
integrated tool
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Example – HousingMaps.com
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Example 2 - AlertMap
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Mashups and SharePoint
 Data View Web Part
• Formats data from any data source for display in
SharePoint
• Lists on other SharePoint Sites, RSS Feeds, Web
Services or even your own Database Servers
 Business Data Catalog
• Allows for single sign-on access to data sources
• More configuration required, but with that comes
added flexibility
 Excel Services and Reporting Services
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SHAREPOINT DESIGNER
TECHNIQUES
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Why SharePoint Designer?
 Anyone can use it
 Rapid Prototyping
 Data View Web Part – Swiss Army Knife
 Reduces the Complexity of the Solution
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2 Keys to Designer Mashups
1. A web service
• RSS Feeds – estimated at least 1.2 million in 2005
• API – Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, Amazon, Ebay all
provide Web Service APIs
2. The Data View Web Part
• XSLT Processor
• “Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations
(XSLT) is an XML-based language used for the
transformation of XML documents into other XML or
"human-readable" documents.” – Wikipedia.org
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Demo
 How to Integrate Virtual Earth Maps with a
SharePoint List
• http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepointdesigner/archive/20
07/06/15/how-to-integrate-virtual-earth-maps-with-a-
sharepoint-list.aspx
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DEMONSTRATION OF
MAPPING LIST ITEMS
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Google Maps API
 Key Required
• http://code.google.com/apis/maps/
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Demo 2
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Offline Mapping
 Google Earth Enterprise
• 2D and 3D mapping inside the firewall
• Good solution for limited connectivity or confidential
information
 VEXCEL Virtual Earth Appliance
• More recent competitive offering from a Microsoft
Subsidiary
• http://www.vexcel.com
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Questions
 Email me at microlinkblog@resing.net
 Twitter: @resing
 Tom Resing’s SharePoint Blog
• http://blogs.microlinkllc.com/tresing
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Resources
 Tom Resing’s SharePoint Blog
• http://blogs.microlinkllc.com/tresing
 Microsoft SharePoint Designer Team Blog
• http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepointdesigner
 ProgrammableWeb Mapping Section
• http://www.programmableweb.com/mapping
 Mike Williams' Google Maps API Tutorial
• http://econym.googlepages.com/
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BACKUP SLIDES
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