DataSource Class

Contains the name, descriptions, capability, entity extent, and version number of a data source. All data used by MapPoint Web Service—such as map data, address data, point-of-interest data, icons, and customer's private location data and icons—are stored in separate data sources. There are variations in the functions that can be performed, the supported languages, the geographic coverage (or extent), and the map scale range between data sources.

Public Class DataSource
    Member of [Namespace]
[C#]
public class DataSource : System.Object
    Member of [Namespace]

Public Properties

Capability	The functionality (DataSourceCapability enumeration) that the data source can perform.
Description	The descriptive name of the data source. String.
EntityExtent	The geographic extent of the data source, as an array of country or region entity IDs. Integer[].
Name	The name of the data source. String.
Version	The version number of the data source. String. Read-only.

Remarks

• To return the properties of a data source, use the CommonServiceSoap.GetDataSourceInfo method.
• For a table of the MapPoint Web Service data sources and the functions they are capable of performing, see MapPoint Web Service Data Sources and Capabilities.
• MapPoint Web Service customers may upload private data for use with the MapPoint Web Service. See the Help topic Prepare location data for uploading in the MapPoint Web Service Customer Services Web site (https://mappoint-css.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/cscv3/) for more information. For information on how to access the site, read the customer information that you received when you enrolled in the service.

See Also

DataSourceCapability Enumeration | CommonServiceSoap.GetDataSourceInfo Method | MapPoint Web Service Data Sources and Capabilities