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Mapping Mashups in SharePoint Designer
The presentation to the San Antonio SharePoint User\'s Group that led to the article: Mapping: Part 1 Show a SharePoint Contacts List on a Map from Google at http://blogs.microlinkllc.com/tresing/archive/2008/09/03/mapping-show-a-sharepoint-contacts-list-on-a-map-from-google.aspx
Mapping Mashups in SharePoint Designer
- 1. Mapping Mashups inSharePoint Designer Tom Resing Senior Software Engineer MicroLink, LLC MicroLink LLC 8330 Boone Boulevard Suite 300 Vienna, Virginia 22182 (703) 556-4440 www.MicroLinkLLC.com
- 2. Mapping Mashups inSharePoint Designer Tom Resing INTRODUCTION www.MicroLinkLLC.com
- 3. About Tom MicrosoftCertified 12 Years of Technical Technology Specialist Experience • MOSS Configuration • Public Sector and • WSS Configuration Private Sector • MOSS Application • Web Focused Development • WSS Application Development www.MicroLinkLLC.com
- 4. About MicroLink MicrosoftGold 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 www.MicroLinkLLC.com
- 5. Agenda Overview SharePointDesigner Techniques Demonstration of Mapping List Items www.MicroLinkLLC.com
- 6. OVERVIEW www.MicroLinkLLC.com
- 7. Mashups a mashup isa web application that combines data from more than one source into a single integrated tool www.MicroLinkLLC.com
- 8. Example – HousingMaps.com www.MicroLinkLLC.com
- 9. Example 2 -AlertMap www.MicroLinkLLC.com
- 10. 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 www.MicroLinkLLC.com
- 11. SHAREPOINT DESIGNER TECHNIQUES www.MicroLinkLLC.com
- 12. Why SharePoint Designer? Anyone can use it Rapid Prototyping Data View Web Part – Swiss Army Knife Reduces the Complexity of the Solution www.MicroLinkLLC.com
- 13. 2 Keys toDesigner 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 www.MicroLinkLLC.com
- 14. Demo How toIntegrate 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 www.MicroLinkLLC.com
- 15. DEMONSTRATION OF MAPPING LISTITEMS www.MicroLinkLLC.com
- 16. Google Maps API Key Required • http://code.google.com/apis/maps/ www.MicroLinkLLC.com
- 17. Demo 2 www.MicroLinkLLC.com
- 18. Offline Mapping GoogleEarth 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 www.MicroLinkLLC.com
- 19. Questions Email meat microlinkblog@resing.net Twitter: @resing Tom Resing’s SharePoint Blog • http://blogs.microlinkllc.com/tresing www.MicroLinkLLC.com
- 20. Resources Tom Resing’sSharePoint 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/ www.MicroLinkLLC.com
- 21. BACKUP SLIDES www.MicroLinkLLC.com
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