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Map Suite Services Edition (formerly known as Map Suite Engine) is a complete GIS development framework for creating Web services, Windows services and console applications. Native to the Microsoft .NET Framework, Map Suite Services Edition offers a next-generation GIS software development experience.
Product Guides
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| Quick Start Guide
| This guide helps you get you up to speed with integrating the Map Suite Services Edition map control into your GIS software.
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| Style Guide
| This guide explains how to use styles in Map Suite to beautifully represent your GIS mapping data. The guide includes an overview of styles, a detailed explanation of the various styles that ship with Map Suite, as well as a step by step guide of creating your own custom styles.
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| 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.
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| Installation Guide
| This guide walks you through installing the map control on your system and creating a simple GIS application.
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| Deployment Guide
| This guide walks you through deploying your GIS software using the map control into a production environment.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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| All Questions
| All the frequently asked questions about Map Suite Services Edition.
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| General Questions
| These frequently asked questions cover high level GIS and mapping topics that are not categorized in other areas.
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| Background Maps (Google, Bing, etc.)
| These frequently asked questions cover showing how to incorporate 3rd part background map with your application.
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| Labeling
| These frequently asked questions cover various aspects of labeling features.
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| Layers & FeatureSources
| These frequently asked questions cover custom layers and feature sources from which you can get inspired to integrate your own data.
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| Miscellaneous
| These frequently asked questions cover various of other technical features of the products that are not included in other categories.
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| Projection
| These frequently asked questions cover various aspects of projection such as how to re-project your data.
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| Spatial Functions
| These frequently asked questions cover various spatial functions such as union, buffer, merging data etc.
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| Styles
| These frequently asked questions cover displaying your GIS data using various styles. Some examples of styles would include using class breaks, clustering points, heat maps, etc.
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| Vehicle Tracking
| These frequently asked questions cover various features related to vehicle and asset tracking.
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| Zooming Panning Moving
| These frequently asked questions cover various ways to move the map.
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Videos & Screenshots
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| Attachment
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| Screenshot Gallery
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| The Services Edition screenshots gallery section showcases a wide range of screenshots covering various GIS features of the Services Edition map control.
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| Integrating Custom Data Formats
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Presentation
Sample
Q&A
| This webinar hosted by ThinkGeo is an in-depth technical discussion about integrating custom GIS data formats in Map Suite. In addition to a downloadable video recording of the webinar, a complete sample project with source code is also available.
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| Creating Custom Styles
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Presentation
Q&A
Sample
| This informative, in-depth webinar explores the limitless possibilities for creating your own custom styles with Map Suite. Take a look at the video presentation and download the sample project with source code in both C# and VB.NET.
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| Exploring Layers
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Presentation
Q&A
Sample
| In this webinar video, ThinkGeo CTO David Rehagen demonstrates some of the many ways you can extend the Layer and RasterLayer classes, giving you near-infinite possibilities for beefing up your Map Suite GIS projects. Download the sample project below to explore the source code.
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| FDO, OGR and GDAL Extension
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Presentation
Sample
| In a previous webinar we tackled integrating your own custom GIS data with Map Suite, focusing on feature-centric sources such as FeatureSource and FeatureLayer. In this video, we'll explore how you can leverage existing open-source GIS libraries such as FDO, OGR, and GDAL to support even more data formats. You'll be amazed how easy it is to take advantage of these native C++ libraries in your GIS software.
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| Printing System Introduction
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Sample Code:
| In this video we will explore Map Suite's new printing system. Map Suite offers WYSIWYG map design that takes your desktop, WPF or web-based .NET mapping applications to the next level. Maps are printed using vector graphics so you can be sure the output will look great on anything from a PDF to a large plotter. It also includes low-level report building classes that make it easy to generate reports in the Web or Services environment. Check out the video and see how easy it is to integrate map printing into your GIS applications.
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Code Samples
We have provided hundreds of .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
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| All Samples
| All samples about Map Suite Services Edition.
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| Background Maps (Google, Bing, etc)
| These samples show how to incorporate 3rd part background map with your application.
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| Labeling
| These samples show various ways to use labeling in your application.
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| Layers & FeatureSources
| These samples show custom layers and feature sources from which you can get inspired to integrate your own data.
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| Miscellaneous
| These samples show other miscellaneous features for the product.
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| Printing
| These samples demonstrate robust printing and page layout features.
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| Projection
| These samples feature various usages of projection.
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| Spatial Functions
| These samples show various spatial functions such as union, buffer, merging data etc.
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| Styles
| These samples show various kinds of styles such as styles that scale or adjust based on time of day.
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| Vehicle Tracking
| These samples show various features related to vehicle and asset tracking
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| Zooming Panning Moving
| These samples show various ways to move the map.
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Change Logs
| Namespace
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| Release Change Log
| This change log details the API changes made to the product for each major release cycle.
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| Features & Bug Fixes Change Log
| This change log details the new features and bug fixes applied to the product for each major release cycle.
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API Documentation
| Namespace
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| ThinkGeo.MapSuite.Core
| The Core API documentation covers the ThinkGeo.MapSuite.Core namespace which resides in the MapSuiteCore.dll assembly. It contains all of the core GIS classes that are shared between the different Map Suite edition map controls and servers. It includes such classes as Style, FeatureSource, Layer, Projection etc. This is where the bulk of the classes are for most of the Map Suite products.
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Help & Support Guides
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| Sending Data to Support
| This guide details the various ways of sending data to our support staff.
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| 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.
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| 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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