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Map Suite Web for WebForms

Map Suite Web for WebForms is a .NET native GIS control that allows software developers to create interactive online mapping applications with ease. Packed with powerful AJAX interactivity, a simple API that makes coding easy, and royalty-free distribution, Map Suite Web For Webformsenables you to bring your Internet GIS application to market in record time.

Product Guides

Helps you get you up to speed with integrating the Map Suite Web For Webformsmap control into your your GIS software.

Explains how to use styles to beautifully represent your GIS mapping data. It 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.

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.

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

Walks you through deploying your GIS software using the map control into a production environment.

Introduces the dependencies Map Suite Web For Webformsneeds with their features, versions and source websites.

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.

Walks you through various ways you can increase performance in your .Net GIS application.

Walks you through deploying your project using the map control into a windows azure cloud service and register the map control.

Walks you through using SQLite as a storage format.

Introduces what licenses are needed / how the license would work for debugging/deploying the Map Suite products

API Documentation

  • ThinkGeo.MapSuite.WebForms

    The Map Suite Web For WebForms API documentation covers the ThinkGeo.MapSuite.WebForms namespace which resides in the ThinkGeo.MapSuite.WebFroms.dll assembly. It contains all of the Map Suite Web For WebForms specific classes such as the map control itself, Overlays, and supported map classes.

Nuget Package

Standard

Standard version contains all packages that Map Suite supported on this platform which should meet most user's requirements.

Compare with Barebone

Barebone

Barebone version is intended for experienced Map Suite developers who require fine grain control over their dependencies. All other developer please use the Standard Edition.

Compare with Standard

Code Samples

In addition to the samples below, we have dozens of interactive Map Suite Web for WebForms sample applications available here.

All Samples
All samples about Map Suite Map Suite Web for WebForms.

Project Templates
These projects show various study cases based on Map Suite Web for WebForms.

Background Maps
These samples show how to incorporate 3rd part background map(Google, Bing, etc) with your application.

InteractiveOverlays
These samples show various aspects of how to extend or create InteractiveOverlays.

Labeling
These samples show various ways to use labeling in your application.

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.

Printing
These samples demonstrate robust printing and page layout features.

Projection
These sample features various usages of projection.

Spatial Functions
These samples show various spatial functions such as union, buffer, merging data etc.

Styles
These samples show various kinds of styles such as styles that scale or adjust based on time of day.

Vehicle Tracking
These samples show various features related to vehicle and asset tracking

Zooming Panning Moving
These samples show various ways to move the map.

NOTE: 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.

Videos

Map Suite Web for WebForms Sample App Walkthrough Video Series

Step through the Map Suite Web for WebForms 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.

Introduction to the Web Edition
Introduction to the Map Suite Web for WebForms

Extending Map Suite Video Series

Integrating Custom Data Formats
Integrating Custom Data Formats

Creating Custom Styles
Creating Custom Styles

Exploring Layers
Exploring Layers

FDO, OGR and GDAL Extension
FDO, OGR and GDAL Extension

Printing System Introduction
Printing System Introduction

Increasing Polygon Performance
Increasing Polygon Performance

Map Suite DynamoDB Extension Technology Preview
Map Suite DynamoDB Extension Technology Preview

Tile Cache Generator
Tile Cache Generator

Topology Validation
Topology Validation

Screenshots

The Map Suite Web for WebForms screenshots gallery section showcases a wide range of screenshots covering various GIS features of the Map Suite Web for WebForms map control.

No extra coding necessary
Includes panning, zooming, scale bar, mini map & more
No extra coding necessary Includes panning, zooming, scale bar, mini map & more

Track multiple markers
Load meta data from XML
Show details in a popup
Track multiple markers Load meta data from XML Show details in a popup

Automatically track multiple vehicle locations
Track weather features
Automatically track multiple vehicle locations Track weather features

Integrate charts and graphs on your map
Uses ZedGraph classes
Integrate charts and graphs on your map Uses ZedGraph classes

Design your own tooltips with custom HTML
Include images
Design your own tooltips with custom HTML Include images

Draw track shapes
Edit and rotate shapes
Save shapes to the server
Draw track shapes Edit and rotate shapes Save shapes to the server

Plots points on your map
Point density represents numeric data
Plots points on your map Point density represents numeric data

Render features based on a regular expression
Puts you in control
Render features based on a regular expression Puts you in control

Render features based on a range of data values
Useful for points & labels
Render features based on a range of data values Useful for points & labels

Render features specifically based on a theme
Colorize map features
Render features specifically based on a theme Colorize map features

Project your spatial data
Nearly every known projection is available
Project your spatial data Nearly every known projection is available

Draw your maps in any orientation you wish
Real-time rotation
Draw your maps in any orientation you wish Real-time rotation

Connect points using the Great Circle model
Show accurate distances
Connect points using the Great Circle model Show accurate distances

Draw an image at a point
Additional options include vector symbols
Draw an image at a point Additional options include vector symbols

Use an online mapping service for your background
Google, Yahoo, or WMS (third party licensing may apply)
Use an online mapping service for your background Google, Yahoo, or WMS (third party licensing may apply)

Change Logs

  • API 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.

Frequently Asked Questions (Coming Soon)

  • All Questions

    All the frequently asked questions about Map Suite Web for WebForms.

  • General Questions

    These frequently asked questions cover high level GIS and mapping topics that are not categorized in other areas.

  • Background Maps

    These frequently asked questions cover showing how to incorporate 3rd part background map with your application.

  • Labeling

    These frequently asked questions cover various aspects of labeling features.

  • Layers & FeatureSources

    These frequently asked questions cover custom layers and feature sources from which you can get inspired to integrate your own data.

  • Miscellaneous

    These frequently asked questions cover various of other technical features of the products that are not included in other categories.

  • Projection

    These frequently asked questions cover various aspects of projection such as how to re-project your data.

  • Spatial Functions

    These frequently asked questions cover various spatial functions such as union, buffer, merging data etc.

  • 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.

  • Vehicle Tracking

    These frequently asked questions cover various features related to vehicle and asset tracking.

  • Zooming Panning Moving

    These frequently asked questions cover various ways to move the map.

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.

map_suite_web_for_webforms.1488529028.txt.gz · Last modified: 2017/03/03 08:17 by marklee