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Map Suite Routing

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.

Product Guides

This guide helps you get you up to speed with integrating the Routing map control into your GIS software.

Explains how to use our custom serialization class to render your Map Suite objects to XML, or other format etc. It 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.

This guide walks you through installing the map control on your system and creating a simple GIS application.

This guide walks you through deploying your GIS software using the map control into a production environment.

This guide introduces the dependencies Map Suite Routing needs with their features, versions and source websites.

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.

API Documentation

  • 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.

Code Samples

In addition to the samples below, we have dozens of interactive Routing Edition sample applications available here.

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.

All Samples
All samples about Map Suite Routing.

Project Templates
These projects show various study cases based on 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.

Videos

Routing Edition Sample App Walkthrough Video Series

Step through the Routing Edition sample applications and see how they're put together. We'll demonstrate how to use each app, then take you through every part of the source code and show you how it works.

Tip: You'll want to select “Fullscreen” to properly read the source code.

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Introduction to the Routing Edition

Screenshots

The Routing Extension screenshots gallery section showcases a wide range of screenshots covering various GIS features.

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Shortest length or fastest time Just a few lines of code

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Road type Road length Start/end point

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Draw your own areas Routes adjust automatically

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Turn-by-turn By intersection

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Add a stop with a single click Unlimited stops

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Intelligently find the most efficient route around point-based roadblocks

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Based on average speed and drive time

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Generate an optimal route for visiting a set of locations

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Easy to see and learn Source code available for every sample

Change Logs

  • API Change Log

    This change log details the changes made to the product for each major release cycle.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • 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.

Help & Support Guides

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • NuGet Guide

    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.

  • 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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