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Map Suite Routing

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Let your mapping applications start taking you places! Map Suite Routing is an extension for Map Suite Desktop, Web, Services or Silverlight Edition that calculates routes and driving directions. This native .NET component gives your Map Suite applications the power to find the shortest path from A to B, deliver turn-by-turn directions, avoid specified areas, and much more.

Contents

Product Guides

Guides Description
Quick Start Guide This guide helps you get you up to speed with integrating the Routing map control into your GIS software.
Serialization Guide This guide explains how to use our custom serialization class to render your Map Suite objects to XML, or other format etc. This allows your GIS application to easily save things such as Layers, Styles, or even whole maps to XML to be recalled at a later time. The guide includes an overview of serialization system, and detailed explanation of the various classes, as well as information on creating your own serializer.
Installation Guide This guide walks you through installing the map control on your system and creating a simple GIS application.
Deployment Guide This guide walks you through deploying your GIS software using the map control into a production environment.
Data Format Guide This guide walks the various GIS data format that are supported in the map control. It also list any caveats related to the use of that format in your mapping application.
OpenStreetMap Data Guide As a service ThinkGeo provides free OpenStreetMap data in shapefile format to its customers. This guide explains how to download the OSM data, what is included, and how to use it in your GIS application.

Frequently Asked Questions

Category Description
All Questions All the frequently asked questions about Map Suite Routing.
General Questions These frequently asked questions cover GIS and map control topics that are not categorized in other areas.
Layers & FeatureSources These frequently asked questions cover
Styles These frequently asked questions cover

Videos & Screenshots

Topic Attachment Description
Screenshot Gallery N/A The Routing Extension screenshots gallery section showcases a wide range of screenshots covering various GIS features.
Introduction to the Routing Extension Video

Presentation

David Rehagen, CTO of ThinkGeo, conducted this webinar that introduces Map Suite Routing Extension and demonstrates some of its exciting new GIS features. In case you missed it, here's your chance to get an inside look at the power of Routing Extension.

Code Samples

We have provided several .Net code samples in C# & VB.NET to help you get going quickly. We have categorized them to allow you to quickly find what you are looking for. Each code sample includes an overview, complete code online to review and the ability to download the sample to run it yourself.

Category Description
All Samples All samples about Map Suite Routing.
Layers & FeatureSources These samples show custom layers and feature sources from which you can get inspired to integrate your own data.
Miscellaneous These samples show other miscellaneous features for the product.
Styles These samples show various kinds of styles such as styles that scale or adjust based on time of day.

Change Logs

Namespace Description
Release Change Log This change log details the changes made to the product for each major release cycle.
Features & Bug Fixes Change Log This change log details the new features and bug fixes applied to the product for each major release cycle.

API Documentation

Namespace Description
ThinkGeo.MapSuite.Routing The MapSuiteGeocoder Edition API documentation covers the ThinkGeo.MapSuite.MapSuiteGeocoder namespace which resides in the MapSuiteGeocoder.dll assembly. It contains all of the MapSuiteGeocoder Edition specific classes such as the map control itself, Overlays, and supported map classes.

Help & Support Guides

Guides Description
Support Options This article outlines various support options available through ThinkGeo. It explains the various methods and recommendations of which options work best depending on your issue.
Enhancement Tracker Here we discuss the Map Suite enhancement tracker which enables you to suggest new features and vote up and down features submitted by other customers.
Support Ticket Guide This guide explains how to create a support ticket using the ThinkGeo customer portal. The guide also covers recommendation on when to use a support tickets versus other forms of support.
Discussion Forum Guide This guide explains how to create a constructive discussion forum post. It outlines the best practices in posting to ensure that your GIS questions get answered quickly and accurately.
Sending Data to Support This guide details the various ways of sending data to our support staff.
Daily Builds Guide This guide explains the details of the Map Suite daily build process and offers step by step instructions on how to access the builds. The daily builds are an integral part of Map Suite development process and allow developers access to real-time bug fixes and new cutting edge features before their official release.
Release Cycle Guide This guide explains the process and rations behind the Map Suite release schedule. It outlines release dates, version information, and various aspects related to publicly releasing Map Suite software.
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