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ThinkGeo's Map Suite for Android™ is a powerful .NET control that lets you add interactive maps and professional-grade GIS to your Android apps. Using the power of the Xamarin mobile platform and Map Suite together, you can develop native Android apps using the C# language and .NET libraries you're already familiar with.
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All of the Map Suite Android Edition Learning Samples in one place so you can easily search for a topic.
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Learn about what the Android Edition has to offer and how you can get started building Android applications.
Overlays
Discover how to use Overlays to build up your own map or add existing basemaps like the World Map Kit, Google, and Bing to your application.
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Layers
Explore all the different types of layers and data formats you can use to build up your map.
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Styling
Learn how to apply basic styles to render your vector data layers.
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Learn about the styles you can use with Map Suite to visualize your data.
Markers & Pop-Ups
Increase interactivity by using Markers and Pop-Ups.
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Learn how to draw new features or edit existing features on the map.
Querying
Learn about all the different ways you can query your data.
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Projection
Learn about Map Projection and how to apply it your data.
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Manipulate and measure points, lines, and polygons using geometric functions.
Adornments
Learn how to add legends, scale bars, north arrows and many more adornments to your map.
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Project Templates
These project templates which combine several different concepts to make real world applications.
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How Do I Samples
Contains dozens of interactive samples that hit all the highlights of Map Suite Android Edition.
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The Core API documentation covers the ThinkGeo.MapSuite.PortableCore namespace which resides in the MapSuitePortableCore.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.
The Android Edition API documentation covers the ThinkGeo.MapSuite.AndroidEdition namespace which resides in the AndroidEdition.dll assembly. It contains all of the Android Edition specific classes such as the map control itself, Overlays, and supported map classes.
The FormsEdition API documentation covers the ThinkGeo.MapSuite.FormsEdition namespace which resides in the MapSuiteFormsEdition.dll assembly. It contains all of the MapSuiteForms Edition specific classes such as the map control itself, Overlays, and supported map classes.
The FormsEdition.Android API documentation covers the ThinkGeo.MapSuite.FormsEdition.Android namespace which resides in the MapSuiteFormsEdition.Android.dll assembly. It contains all of the FormsEdition.Android Edition specific classes such as the Forms.
Within your Android app, you can leverage the full power of Map Suite's core GIS features, including projections, custom rendering and labeling, shape drawing and editing, and more.
Tip: You'll want to select “Fullscreen” to properly read the source code.
Screen Shots of the Android Edition on different types of devices.
This change log details the changes made to the product for each major release cycle.
This change log details the new features and bug fixes applied to the product for each major release cycle.
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.
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.
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.
This guide details the various ways of sending data to our support staff.
In Map Suite 10.0 we are starting to provide our products via packages on NuGet. This will allow references to our products to be added and updated easily. We have three different types of packages on NuGet, feature packages, dependency packages, and product packages, which will be expained in detail below. Each of these packages will also have two different build branches, production and development.
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.