ASP.Net Google Analytics World Map Control

By Brian P. Hamachek, President of SynergeTech Solutions

I have created a very simple ASP.Net Server Control that will display a world map and populate it with Google Analytics visit data. The control uses the Google GeoMap API for rendering the map and the Google Analytics Data Export API for gathering the visit data.

The map that is displayed is the same as the map you can see in your Google Analytics account. The map is rendered in Flash. The control is written in C#. If you are trying to learn either the GeoMap API or the Google Analytics Data Export API, this is a great sample to help you get started.

The Server Control is very simple. Just add a reference to the control's assembly to your web application and place the control on a page and set the AnalyticsEmailAddress, AnalyticsPassword, AnalyticsProfileId properties on the control. There are also two optional properties for specifying the date range of the data to be gathered. Since Google Analytics data is only updated every few hours, the control caches the data for two hours in order to decrease load-times.

To demonstrate the control, here is the visit data for this website, SynergeTechSolutions.com:



You can download the source code here. The project is written in C# 2.0 using Visual Studio 2008. I am releasing the code with absolutely no restrictions and you can do with it whatever you wish.

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me. I hope you find this sample control useful.