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The 90-plus members of the MapPoint 2002 development team included several significant improvements over previous versions.These improvements are designed to win over larger enterprise users while maintaining a growing customer base of licensed Microsoft customers.MapPoint 2002 features GPS compatibility, the ability to embed mapping into business applications using ActiveX controls, plus expanded demographic data that is linked to geographies down to the census tract level.MapPoint 2002 will be sold in North American and European editions.The North American edition includes 6.4 million miles of roads and 830,000 points of interest, while its European counterpart includes 4.8 million kilometers of roads and 320,000 points of interest. Redmond, WA - When Microsoft releases MapPoint 2002 to consumers, the concepts of 'expandability' and 'versatility' aptly describe the improvements over the previous two versions of this product.

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