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
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Mapping Mashups in SharePoint Designer
1. Mapping Mashups in SharePoint
Designer
Tom Resing
Senior Software Engineer
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MicroLink LLC 8330 Boone Boulevard Suite 300 Vienna, Virginia 22182 (703) 556-4440
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2. Mapping Mashups in SharePoint Designer
Tom Resing
INTRODUCTION
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3. 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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4. 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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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
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12. 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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13. 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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14. 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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18. 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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19. Questions
Email me at microlinkblog@resing.net
Twitter: @resing
Tom Resing’s SharePoint Blog
• http://blogs.microlinkllc.com/tresing
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20. 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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