{"id":172,"date":"2007-10-15T20:52:48","date_gmt":"2007-10-16T03:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jeffhobbs.net\/2007\/10\/15\/creating-a-hyperlink-from-a-point-in-geomedia-to-windows-live-search\/"},"modified":"2007-10-15T20:52:48","modified_gmt":"2007-10-16T03:52:48","slug":"creating-a-hyperlink-from-a-point-in-geomedia-to-windows-live-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhobbs.com\/?p=172","title":{"rendered":"Creating a Hyperlink from a Point in GeoMedia to Windows Live Search"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the "long-term readers", I posted an entry on Creating a Hyperlink to Google Maps in GeoMedia<\/a> a few months ago. Well, Chris Matus sent me an example of linking to Microsoft’s Virtual Earth environment. I’ve modified it slightly to work against the US Sample dataset. This demonstration is using the "USSampleData.gws" geoworkspace. I’ve simply created a functional attribute on the HighwayInterchange feature class (although not terribly useful, it still demonstrates the functionality).<\/p>\n

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‘http:\/\/maps.live.com\/default.aspx?v=2&cp=’+
\n\t\t ROUND(Y(CENTERPOINT(Input.Geometry), TrueMeas, Degree), 6)+’~’+ROUND(X(CENTERPOINT(Input.Geometry), TrueMeas, Degree), 6)+’&style=h&lvl=17&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&sp=Point.’+Y(CENTERPOINT(Input.Geometry), TrueMeas, Degree)+’_’+X(CENTERPOINT(Input.Geometry), TrueMeas, Degree)+’_’+Input.ID+” <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In Chris’ case, he was using an area feature named "building". That’s why you’re seeing the CENTERPOINT function being used. Additionally Chris is creating a bounding box (also known as a minimum bounding rectangle). That’s why you’re seeing two lat\/long pairs. Past those points, he’s using the same logic I used in my Google Maps posting to calculate the latitude and longitude.<\/p>\n

So, the ‘http:\/\/maps.live.com\/default.aspx?<\/strong> is simply calling Microsoft Live. Then he has some parameters he’s calling:<\/p>\n