Getting Started with Map24 Web Services

Here are guides that show you how to get started with the Map24 Web Services - whether you are building a Java^TM, Visual C# .NET, or Visual Basic .NET client application.

• Learn how to create requests to the Map24 Web Services - within a few minutes! The examples below show step by step how to create simple client applications for example to issue a request to the Map24 Geocoder service.
• Download the most recent client stubs of the Map24 Web Services. Or, alternatively, learn how to generate client stubs from WSDLs.

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Choose the getting started guide for your programming language and environment:

Map24 Web Services for Java Client Applications

Map24 Web Services for Visual C# .NET Client Applications

Map24 Web Services for Visual Basic .NET Client Applications

Controlling Mapping Clients with Map24 Web Services

Mapping clients can be controlled via Map24 Maplet Remote Control (MRC) Service. This is useful for example if you want to push locations to your mapping client (MRC command DeclareMap24Location). You can also use the SetMapView MRC command to change the mapping client’s current view and for example center on the new locations.

After you went through the getting started guide, you can learn how to control mapping clients with the Map24 Web Services.

PHP 5 Examples

This demo page shows numerous example requests written in PHP 5 for nearly all Map24 Web Services. You can run the examples and immediately see the result on the map:

Demo Page for Map24 Web Service Requests with PHP 5

You can download the complete examples from the Map24 Administration area. Click on the menu "For developers" under Product adiministration on the left side. From there you can get to a page where you can download the PHP 5 SOAP examples configured for your Map24 ID.

The zip file also contains client stubs for developing Web service client applications.

Note: The client stubs use the PHP SOAP extension. For being able to use the client stubs the SOAP extension has to be enabled in your PHP configuration.