Microsoft KB Archive/893176

= Overview of the MapPointNAICS.NA point-of-interest data source for MapPoint Web Service 3.5 =

Article ID: 893176

Article Last Modified on 1/16/2007

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 * Microsoft MapPoint Web Service 3.5

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INTRODUCTION
A new point-of-interest data source for North America has been added to Microsoft MapPoint Web Service. With the MapPointNAICS.NA data source, you can find businesses that are based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) standard. The NAICS was developed jointly by the United States, Canadian, and Mexican governments to provide a common classification scheme for businesses throughout North America.

The MapPointNAICS.NA data source will replace the Acxiom data sources. The Acxiom data sources are to be deprecated. Although the Acxiom data sources will remain available through MapPoint Web Service until mid-2005, we recommend that you start using the new MapPointNAICS.NA data source for point-of-interest data in the United States and Canada. The following sections describe the MapPoint.NAICS.NA properties and entity types.



MORE INFORMATION
The MapPointNAICS.NA data source supports the CanFindNearby capability. Therefore, you can locate businesses based on their NAICS code.

MapPointNAICS.NA properties
The following table lists the properties supported by the MapPointNAICS.NA data source. These properties apply to all entity types in the data source. The Name,Data type, and Display name columns in the table correspond to the Name, DataType, and DisplayName properties of the EntityProperty class. While most of the properties are self-explanatory, the CuisineType and GeocodingDetail properties are explained in detail in the &quot;CuisineType property&quot; and &quot;GeocodingDetail property&quot; sections.

CuisineType property
The CuisineType property defines the type of cuisine that is associated with a restaurant. The following table describes the values for the CuisineType property.

GeocodingDetail property
The GeocodingDetail property specifies the geocoding accuracy of the point of interest. The following table describes the GeocodingDetail property.

MapPointNAICS.NA entity types
Entity type names in the MapPointNAICS.NA data source match the 2002 NAICS codes. The following table describes entities that represent high-level categories defined by the NAICS. Each entity has many subentities that you can use to refine your searches. For example, entity NAICS51 translates to Information and includes a subentity that is named NAICS518. NAISCS518 translates to Internet Service Providers, Web Search Portals, and Data Processing Services. If you only want to return Internet Service Providers in your query, use entity NAICS518 instead of the larger grouping of NAICS51.

For a complete list of entity names, visit the following NAICS 2002 Codes and Titles Web site:

http://www.census.gov/epcd/naics02/naicod02.htm

The following table describes the Name and Definition properties of the EntityType class. The DisplayName property contains the same information as the Definition property.

For more information about the objects, methods, and properties that are discussed in this article, visit the following MSDN Web sites:

FindServiceSoap.Find method

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa492578.aspx

FindServiceSoap.FindAddress method

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa492579.aspx

RenderService.GetMap method

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms983322.aspx

RouteServiceSoap.CalculateRoute method

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa492592.aspx

MapPoint Data Source EntityTypes and Properties

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms982193.aspx

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