Access Europe – Colin Riddington (Annotating Google Maps in Access)

Please join us for our monthly Access Europe session on Wed 7 Dec 2022 at 18:00 (6:00PM) London time (UTC)

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Topic Outline:

This session is an updated version of a presentation originally done for Access DevCon in April 2022.

It will be used to demonstrate ways of annotating downloaded static Google Maps to personalise these for your clients.

Topics to be covered will include the use of:

  • marker points e.g. to mark client locations or nearby places
  • lines joining 2 or more points e.g. to indicate routes between locations
  • circles around a location e.g. to show places of a specified type within a specified distance from a set location
  • boundary shapes e.g. to show postcode or regional boundaries
  • feature styles e.g. to mark major & minor roads and points of interest

All annotations are added as additional map layers using code as part of the URL used to generate the map.

The session will also explain how to overcome issues caused by the 2083-character URL limit using the current web browser control based on IE (whilst we continue to wait for the new Chromium Edge browser control).

See this web article: Annotate Google Maps (isladogs.co.uk)

An example database will be provided in conjunction with the session

Bio

Colin has been an Access developer for over 20 years starting with Access 97, with many years teaching in secondary schools including responsibility for data analysis and developing database apps for teachers in several schools. He lives in Somerset, UK.

After taking early retirement from teaching, Colin has focused on database development work.

His website includes many Access articles, example apps, sample code and security challenges, together with commercial applications for businesses, schools and developers. His focus is on stretching the boundaries of what can be achieved using Access.

He was recently presented with the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award. 

See https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/PublicProfile/5004835

Website:      https://www.isladogs.co.uk 

YouTube:    https://www.youtube.com/c/isladogsonaccess

 

Do join us

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NOTE: The Interactive Gantt Chart Scheduler in Access session by Alexsander Wojtasz originally planned for this month has been postponed.

It is hoped this will be rescheduled for a later date

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