| FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions |
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| What is different about MapPoint Web Service access
through Maps4MyApps.com than through Microsoft directly? |
| What is the Activation Fee? |
| Who is InfoGrow? |
| What is a Usage Transaction? |
| What is Overage Rate? |
| How long does it take for my account to be activated? |
| Who is a Known User? |
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| What is different about
MapPoint Web Service access through Maps4MyApps.com than through Microsoft
directly? |
| Your access to, and use of, the
Microsoft MapPoint Web Service is the same. Maps4MyApps.com puts nothing
in your way from having full and direct access to the Microsoft mapping
platform. In addition to full access, Maps4MyApps provides a convenient monthly
payment process and usage reporting.
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| What is the Activation Fee? |
| Our goal is to make getting access
to the Microsoft mapping platforms as simple as possible. As such,
Maps4MyApps.com does not charge an Activation Fee.
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| Who is InfoGrow? |
| InfoGrow
Corporation accelerates sales & marketing effectiveness through
strategy, process and technology. Seventeen years of experience has
taught us that technology without strategy and process is a wasted
investment. As experts in location intelligence and MapPoint technology,
we help organization identify their best prospects, discover any missed
opportunities, focus their sales reps on the most profitable accounts, reduce
marketing waste and optimize sales productivity. InfoGrow is a Microsoft
Certified Partner with competencies in Customer Development and MS-CRM.
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| What is a Usage Transaction? |
| Your application will place calls to the the MapPoint Web Service
for finding addresses, maps, routes, and driving directions. MapPoint Web
Service counts these calls from your application as Usage Transactions.
A usage transaction takes place every time a user clicks within your
application and calls MapPoint Web Service for a response. For example, when a
user initially puts in his or her address information and then clicks on the
Submit button asking the MapPoint Web Service for Address Find, that is one
transaction. When a map appears in response to the above Address Find, that is
a second transaction. If the user then clicks on the map to zoom in, that is a
third transaction. A fourth transaction occurs if that user requests driving
directions. A fifth transaction occurs if a map is delivered showing the
driving directions. A sixth or more tranaction occurs if the user clicks on the
map to zoom in or out. A transaction occurs for every action that requests a
response from the MapPoint Web Service.
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| What is Overage Rate? |
| Overage Rate is applied for usage
overages beyond the monthly usage transactions associated with the Monthly
Usage plan and MapPoint Staging Usage Transactions that exceed 20% per month of
the Monthly Usage Plan. For example, if you are on the 1,500 monthly usage plan
and use 1,600 transactions that month, you then had an overage of 100. Or if
your staging usage for the month ran up to 500 you had a 200 overage for the
staging usage (1,500 x 20% = 300 – 500 = -200).
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| How long does it take for my
account to be activated? |
| Working through Microsoft to set
up your account usually takes 2 to 3 days. You will receive an email from us
with information on how to access the Microsoft platform.
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| Who is a Known User? |
| Your application is built for
either Anonymous Users or Known Users. A Known User is an employee, partner or
other that you know who will be using your application on a regular basis. You
have assigned them a username for access to the application or the application
is closed for their use only. If you are using the Known Users as your model
type, you will be asked to certify the number of Known Users at the time of
ordering.
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