The MapPoint Web Service is a programmable Web service hosted by Microsoft and used by enterprises and independent software developers to integrate location-based services, such as maps, driving directions, and proximity searches into software applications and business processes. The MapPoint Web Service also provides an extensive set of mapping-related content such as business listings and points of interest (POI) that can be used within applications. MapPoint Web Service does not require large financial investments or a high-level of expertise in geographic information system (GIS) technologies, which have been traditional barriers associated with developing LBS applications.
Provides powerful mapping capabilities for integrating locations into business solutions
Delivers a cost-effective investment by removing the IT management burden
Enables developers with common developer tools and builds upon a standards-based programming model
Delivers a service-level commitment with at least 99.9% uptime and guaranteed response time of less than one second per map (as measured inside Microsoft’s data center)
NuSOAP is a group of PHP classes that allows developers to create and consume SOAP Web services. It does not require any special PHP extensions, which makes it usable by all PHP developers, regardless of ISP, server, or platform.
Provider
NuSOAP is an open source project provided by NuSphere and Dietrich Ayala.
Features
Support for WSDL 1.1
SSL support
HTTP proxy support
SOAP 1.1 support
Support for document/literal and rpc/encoded services
Reasons for selection
Stability
Ease of use
Flexibility
Download
Both source code and binaries can be downloaded from SourceForge.
5. ParaSoft SOAPtestTM
Parasoft SOAPtest is a comprehensive tool for Testing Web services. It provides functionalities such as WSDL validation, unit and functional testing of the client, and server and performance testing. SOAPtest also addresses key Web service issues such as interoperability, security, change management, and scalability. SOAPtest is available for Windows 2000/XP, Linux, and Solaris.