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Bob Trembley
Bob Trembley ✭
Ninth Anniversary
in Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT®: General Discussion
My company is hosting their website off of NetCommunity; we'd like to display an interactive map of the world, with information pulled from a database (currently that data resides in MS Access).


My network of contacts suggested packages such as:
https://www.amcharts.com/javascript-maps/
http://www.maschek.hu/imagemap/download
http://www.ajatix.com/maps/dreamweaver-extension.html


Is there any functionality like this built into NetCommunity?

We're looking at iframing something into our NetCommunity site from an external site, possibly using one of the packages above.
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  • Chris McGrane
    Chris McGrane ✭
    Tenth Anniversary Facilitator 2 Photogenic
    Bob,


    You should use the Google Maps API.


    The best way for your to interact with your Database is likely through PHP and the PDO_DBLIB / MSSQL extensions. You can then run a query directly against your Database. I recommend the open-source Medoo PHP database framework.


    I have this working for custom reports, our Membership app, and other extensions that need to query the DB. Let me know if you have issues setting this up.

    Chris M

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