ThinkGeo Wiki

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=====Welcome to ThinkGeo Wiki=====

ThinkGeo Wiki is the central and official source of documentation, sample code and learning material for Map Suite users.  It contains resources such as API reference, Quickstart Guides to get you started, sample projects with source code you can learn from, change logs for each version, and more.

=====ThinkGeo Cloud=====
ThinkGeo Cloud is a set of cloud-hosted RESTful APIs, which have been designed to optimize your productivity in the world of mapping by taking away the complicated deployments, data warehousing and IT concerns that you would normally encounter. It can be consumed from a web page, as well as Desktop applications or Mobile Apps on a different platform.


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<faicon fa fa-globe fa-lg title-icon> [[thinkgeo_cloud|Overview]]
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Give you an overview picture on ThinkGeo Cloud
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<faicon fa fa-book fa-lg title-icon> [[thinkgeo_cloud_quick_start_guide|Quick Start Guide]]
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Help you apply a key and consume it in your application. 
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<faicon fa fa-folder-open fa-lg title-icon> [[https://cloud.thinkgeo.com/help/|Online Documentation]]
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The Documentation for all ThinkGeo Cloud Services. 
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<faicon fa fa-link fa-lg title-icon> [[https://samples.thinkgeo.com/cloud/#VectorMaps|Online Samples]]
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The samples showing off what can be done with ThinkGeo Cloud. 
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<faicon fa fa-list fa-lg title-icon> [[thinkgeo_cloud_samples|Sample Gallery]]
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It shows samples on different platforms including Desktop, Mobile and Web. 
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<faicon fa fa-code fa-lg title-icon> [[thinkgeo_cloud_.net_sdk|.NET SDK]]
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An easier way to consume ThinkGeo Cloud in an .NET application.
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=====Map Suite SDK=====

====Map Suite UI Controls====
   
Map Suite provides feature-rich .NET controls based on different platforms and different technology. They are available on NuGet, as long as many other Map Suite NuGet packages which are shared among Map Suite UI controls, and that's why the majority of the APIs among different UI controls are the same.  Here is a [[map_suite_platform_coverage|platform coverage]] showing what feature package is shared across different products. 


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<faicon title-android> <span title-content>[[map_suite_mobile_for_android|Mobile for Android]]</span>
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Build native GIS apps running on Android devices through Xamarin

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<faicon title-ios> <span title-content>[[map_suite_mobile_for_ios|Mobile for iOS]]</span>
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Build native GIS apps running on iPhone® and iPad® through Xamarin

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<faicon  title-wpf>  <span title-content>[[map_suite_desktop_for_wpf|Desktop for WPF]]</span>
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Build Windows client apps using WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation)
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<faicon title-winforms>  <span title-content>[[map_suite_desktop_for_winforms|Desktop for WinForms]]</span>
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Build Windows client apps using Windows WinForms. 
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<faicon  title-webapi>  <span title-content>[[map_suite_web_for_webapi|Web for WebAPI]]</span>
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Build REST based web services for JS/HTML5 Web applications. 
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<faicon  title-mvc>  <span title-content>[[map_suite_web_for_mvc|Web for MVC]]</span>
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Build web mapping applications using the MVC framework, running on Windows.  
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<faicon title-webforms> <span title-content>[[map_suite_web_for_webforms|Web for WebForms]]</span>
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Build traditional ASP.NET Web Forms mapping applications.  
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====Map Suite Add-ons====
Map Suite Add-ons can be working with any of the Map Suite Controls. 

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<faicon title-routing> <span title-content>[[map_suite_routing|Routing]]</span>
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Find the shortest path between multiple locations, deliver turn-by-turn directions, avoid specified areas.

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=====ThinkGeo Offline Data=====
ThinkGeo provides the following offline data, which is the same one ThinkGeo Cloud is using. The data can be properly consumed by Map Suite SDKs. 


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<faicon title-geocoding> [[thinkgeo_offline_data#geocoding|Geocoding]]
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Convert US addresses to coordinates and vice-versa  
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<faicon title-worldstreets> [[thinkgeo_offline_data#maps_streets|Maps Streets]]
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Royalty-free worldwide vector data ready to use in your application.  
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<faicon title-maps-imagery> [[thinkgeo_offline_data#maps_imagery|Maps Imagery]]
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Royalty-free high-level global imagery matched with highly-detailed US imagery.
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<faicon title-reverse-geocoding> [[thinkgeo_offline_data#reverse_geocoding|Reverse-Geocoding]]
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Reverse-geocoding allows you to match a latitude and longitude location to a street address anywhere on earth.
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<faicon title-elevation> [[thinkgeo_offline_data#elevation|Elevation]]
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Global elevation point, contour, and viewshed at your fingertips  
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=====ThinkGeo Open Source=====

ThinkGeo provides following open Open Source libraries, all available on Github. 
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<faicon fa fa-navicon fa-lg> [[thinkgeo_vector_map_javascript_library|ThinkGeo Vector Map JS Library]]
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A JavaScript rendering engine works with any data including ThinkGeo Cloud Vector Tiles. 
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<faicon fa fa-navicon fa-lg> [[thinkgeo_stylejson|ThinkGeo StyleJSON]]
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A ThinkGeo styling format can be used with VectorMap.js and other ThinkGeo products. 

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<faicon fa fa-navicon fa-lg> [[thinkgeo_webfonts|ThinkGeo Web Fonts]]
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ThinkGeo Web Fonts library. 
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