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====== Map Suite Web Edition ======

Map Suite Web Edition 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 Edition enables you to bring your Internet GIS application to market in record time.


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**[[http://thinkgeo.com/map-suite-developer-gis/web-edition/#web-demos|Explore the Demos]]**
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**[[:map_suit_web_edition_videos_screenshots|Videos & Screenshots]]**
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===== Product Guides =====

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> [[Map Suite Web Edition Quick Start Guide|Quick Start Guide]] 
This guide helps you get you up to speed with integrating the Map Suite Web Edition map control into your your GIS software.
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> [[Map Suite Style Guide|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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> [[Map Suite Serialization Guide|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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> [[Map Suite Web Edition Installation Guide|Installation Guide]]
This guide walks you through installing the map control on your system and creating a simple GIS application.
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> [[Map Suite Web Edition Deployment Guide|Deployment Guide]]
This guide walks you through deploying your GIS software using the map control into a production environment.
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> [[Map Suite Web Edition Dependencies Guide|Dependencies Guide]] 
This guide introduces the dependencies Map Suite Web Edition needs with their features, versions and source websites.
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> [[Map Suite Data Format Guide|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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> [[Map Suite Performance Guide|Performance Guide]]
This guide walks you through various ways you can increase performance in your .Net GIS application.
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> [[Map Suite Web Edition Azure Deployment Guide|Azure Deployment Guide]]
This guide walks you through deploying your project using the map control into a windows azure cloud service and register the map control.
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> [[Map Suite SQLite|SQLite Guide]]
This guide walks you through using SQLite as a storage format.
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===== Videos & Screenshots =====
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| [[Map Suite Web Edition Screenshot Gallery|Screenshot Gallery]]   | N/A   | The Web Edition screenshots gallery section showcases a wide range of screenshots covering various GIS features of the Web Edition map control.   |
| Introduction to the Web Edition   | [[http://download.thinkgeo.com/Webinars/IntroToMapSuiteWeb3Webinar.wmv|Video]]\\   \\ [[http://download.thinkgeo.com/Webinars/IntroToMapSuiteWeb3Presentation.ppt|Presentation]]\\  \\ [[http://download.thinkgeo.com/Webinars/IntroToMapSuiteWeb3QA.doc|Q&A]]\\  \\ [[http://wiki.thinkgeo.com/wiki/File:Introduction_to_the_Web_Edition.png|Screenshot]]   | Clint Batman, President & CEO of ThinkGeo, conducted this webinar that introduces Map Suite Web Edition and demonstrates some of its exciting new GIS features. In case you missed it, here's your chance to get an inside look at the power of Web Edition map control.   |
| Integrating Custom Data Formats   | [[http://download.thinkgeo.com/Webinars/ExtendingMapSuite.wmv|Video]]\\   \\ [[http://download.thinkgeo.com/Webinars/MapSuiteIntegratingCustomDataFormats.ppt|Presentation]]\\  \\ [[http://download.thinkgeo.com/Webinars/ExtendingMapSuiteWebinarQA.doc|Q&A]]\\  \\ [[http://download.thinkgeo.com/Webinars/ExtendingMapSuiteFeatureSourceCode.zip|Sample]]\\  \\ [[http://wiki.thinkgeo.com/wiki/File:Integrating_Custom_Data_Formats.png|Screenshot]]   | 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.   |
| Creating Custom Styles   | [[http://download.thinkgeo.com/Webinars/ExtendingMapSuiteCreatingCustomStyles.wmv|Video]]  \\ [http://download.thinkgeo.com/Webinars/MapSuiteCreatingCustomStyles.ppt Presentation]\\  \\ [[http://download.thinkgeo.com/Webinars/MapSuiteCustomStylesQA.doc|Q&A]]\\  \\ [[http://download.thinkgeo.com/Webinars/ExtendingMapSuiteStyle.zip|Sample]]\\  \\ [[http://wiki.thinkgeo.com/wiki/File:Creating_Custom_Styles.png|Screenshot]]   | 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.   |
| Exploring Layers   | [[http://download.thinkgeo.com/Webinars/ExtendingMapSuiteExploringLayers.wmv|Video]]\\   \\ [[http://download.thinkgeo.com/Webinars/ExtendingMapSuiteExploringLayers.pdf|Presentation]]\\  \\ [[http://download.thinkgeo.com/Webinars/ExtendingMapSuiteExploringLayersQA.doc|Q&A]]\\  \\ [[http://download.thinkgeo.com/Webinars/ExtendingMapSuiteExploringLayers.zip|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.   |
| FDO, OGR and GDAL Extension   | [[http://download.thinkgeo.com/Webinars/ExtendingMapSuite_FDO_OGR_GDAL.wmv|Video]]\\   \\ [[http://download.thinkgeo.com/Webinars/ExtendingMapSuite_FDO_OGR_GDAL.pdf|Presentation]]\\  \\ [[http://download.thinkgeo.com/Webinars/ExtendingMapSuite_FDOSamples.zip|Sample]]\\  \\ [[http://wiki.thinkgeo.com/wiki/File:FDO_OGR_and_GDAL_Extension.png|Screenshot]]   | 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.   |
| Printing System Introduction   | [[http://download.thinkgeo.com/Videos/Wiki/MapSuitePrintingSystemIntroduction.wmv|Video]]\\   \\ Sample Code:\\  \\ *[[:Media:ServicesEditionSample_PrintPreview_CS_WPF_111115.zip|WPF]]\\  \\ *[[:Media:ServicesEditionSample_PrintPreview_CS_WinForms_111115.zip|WinForms]]\\  \\ [[http://wiki.thinkgeo.com/wiki/File:Printing_System_Introduction.png|Screenshot]]   | 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.   |
| Increasing Polygon Performance   | [[http://download.thinkgeo.com/Videos/Wiki/IncreasingPolygonPerformance.wmv|Video]]\\   \\ [[:Media:ServicesEditionSample SplitPolygonsBasedOnGrid CS 120321.zip|Utility Source]]\\  \\ [[Map_Suite_Performance_Guide#Grid_Detailed_Polygons|Performance Guide]]\\  \\ [[http://wiki.thinkgeo.com/wiki/File:Increasing_Polygon_Performance.png|Screenshot]]   | In this video we will explore how to greatly increase your rendering performance by gridding your high point-count polygons. This technique is especially useful when you use a high point-count polygon such as a country or regional area as the ground color for your maps.  In many cases we see tile render times decrease from 500ms to under 5ms with this data optimization.  Included along with the video is a utility to help you grid your polygons.   |
| Map Suite DynamoDB Extension Technology Preview   | [[http://download.thinkgeo.com/Videos/DynamoDB/MapSuite_DynamoDBFeatureLayer_Technology_Preview.wmv|Video]]\\   \\ [[http://download.thinkgeo.com/Videos/DynamoDB/MapSuiteDynamoDBImporter.zip|Sample]]\\  \\ [[http://wiki.thinkgeo.com/wiki/File:Map_Suite_DynamoDB_Extension_Technology_Preview.png|Screenshot]]   | This video will introduce you to the Map Suite DynamoDB Extension limited technology preview.  This exciting new extension leverages Amazon's DynamoDB, a NoSQL cloud database technology, to store and serve GIS spatial data via the cloud.  The extension's ability to use a few API calls to create a spatial table, import data and then access it without a traditional spatial database or hardware is a huge step forward.   |
| Tile Cache Generator   | [[http://download.thinkgeo.com/Videos/Wiki/MapSuite_Cache_Generator.wmv|Video]]\\   \\ [[:File:ServicesEditionSample_CacheGenerator_CS_120619.zip|Sample]]\\  \\ [[http://wiki.thinkgeo.com/wiki/File:Tile_Cache_Generator.png|Screenshot]]   | This video will show you how to use the Tile Cache Generator utility to generate tile caches based on your own layers.  Pre-generating tiles base on your data allows you to display the data faster than rending it from vector graphics files.  It also allows you to protect your vector data by providing just the raster tiles for display purposes only.  In the past pre-generating tiles required customers to build the process from scratch which was time consuming and often times inefficient.  With the Tile Cache Generator we have packaged many of our best practices along with the source to allow you to tweak it to your specific situation.   |
| Topology Validation   | [[http://download.thinkgeo.com/Videos/Forums/TopologyValidator.wmv|Video]]\\   \\ [[:File:DesktopEditionSample_TopologyValidation_CS_120904.zip|Sample]]\\ \\  \\ [[http://wiki.thinkgeo.com/wiki/File:Topology_Validation.png|Screenshot]]   | This video will give you a demonstration of Map Suite's topology validation functionality (available in version 6.0.113.0 and higher), as well as the [[Map Suite Desktop Edition Miscellaneous Samples#Topology_Validation|Topology Validator sample application]]. The Topology Validator makes it simple to visualize and test topology rules. You simply select the case you want to test, use our drawing tools to create the shapes necessary, and then hit the play button to run the test. The error cases are highlighted on the screen and saved to the test, and their Well-Known Text (WKT) is copied to your clipboard. At any time, you can view or edit the WKT which makes up the case. We save our test cases as XML files that contain not only the test case features but also the errors. This makes it a snap for you to share your cases with us or other colleagues.   |


===== Code Samples =====
** In addition to the samples below, we have dozens of interactive Web Edition sample applications available [[http://websamples.thinkgeo.com/|here]]. **

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<faicon fa fa-navicon fa-lg> [[Map Suite Web Edition All Samples|All Samples]]
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All samples about Map Suite Web Edition.
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<faicon fa fa-copy fa-lg> [[Map Suite Web Edition Project Templates|Project Templates]]
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These projects show various study cases based on Web Edition.
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<faicon fa fa-globe fa-lg> [[Map Suite Web Edition Background Maps (Google, Bing, etc.) Samples|Background Maps]]
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These samples show how to incorporate 3rd part background map(Google, Bing, etc) with your application.
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<faicon fa fa-random fa-lg> [[Map Suite Web Edition InteractiveOverlays Samples|InteractiveOverlays]]
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These samples show various aspects of how to extend or create InteractiveOverlays.
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<faicon fa fa-font fa-lg> [[Map Suite Web Edition Labeling Samples|Labeling]]
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These samples show various ways to use labeling in your application. 
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<faicon fa fa-road fa-lg> [[Map Suite Web Edition Layers & FeatureSources Samples|Layers & FeatureSources]]
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These samples show custom layers and feature sources from which you can get inspired to integrate your own data.   
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<faicon fa fa-folder-open fa-lg> [[Map Suite Web Edition Miscellaneous Samples|Miscellaneous]]
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These samples show other miscellaneous features for the product. 
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<faicon fa fa-print fa-lg> [[Map Suite Web Edition Printing Samples|Printing]]
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These samples demonstrate robust printing and page layout features.
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These sample features various usages of projection.  
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<faicon fa fa-object-group fa-lg> [[Map Suite Web Edition Spatial Functions Samples|Spatial Functions]]
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These samples show various spatial functions such as union, buffer, merging data etc. 
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These samples show various kinds of styles such as styles that scale or adjust based on time of day.
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These samples show various features related to vehicle and asset tracking
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These samples show various ways to move the map.
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**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.
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===== Frequently Asked Questions=====

  * [[Map Suite Web Edition FAQ All Questions|All Questions]]<div>All the frequently asked questions about Map Suite Web Edition.</div>
  * [[Map Suite Web Edition FAQ General Questions|General Questions]]<div>These frequently asked questions cover high level GIS and mapping topics that are not categorized in other areas.</div>
  * [[Map Suite Web Edition FAQ Background Maps (Google, Bing, etc.)|Background Maps]]<div>These frequently asked questions cover showing how to incorporate 3rd part background map with your application.</div>
  * [[Map Suite Web Edition FAQ Labeling|Labeling]]<div>These frequently asked questions cover various aspects of labeling features. </div>
  * [[Map Suite Web Edition FAQ Layers & FeatureSources|Layers & FeatureSources]]<div>These frequently asked questions cover custom layers and feature sources from which you can get inspired to integrate your own data.</div>
  * [[Map Suite Web Edition FAQ Miscellaneous|Miscellaneous]]<div>These frequently asked questions cover various of other technical features of the products that are not included in other categories.</div>
  * [[Map Suite Web Edition FAQ Projection|Projection]]<div>These frequently asked questions cover various aspects of projection such as how to re-project your data.</div>
  * [[Map Suite Web Edition FAQ Spatial Functions|Spatial Functions]]<div>These frequently asked questions cover various spatial functions such as union, buffer, merging data etc. </div>
  * [[Map Suite Web Edition FAQ Styles|Styles]]<div>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.</div>
  * [[Map Suite Web Edition FAQ Vehicle Tracking|Vehicle Tracking]]<div>These frequently asked questions cover various features related to vehicle and asset tracking.  </div>
  * [[Map Suite Web Edition FAQ Zooming Panning Moving|Zooming Panning Moving]]<div>These frequently asked questions cover various ways to move the map.  </div>


===== Change Logs =====

  * [[Map Suite Web Edition Release Change Log|Release Change Log]]<div>This change log details the changes made to the product for each major release cycle.</div>
  * [[Map Suite Web Edition Features & Bug Fixes Change Log|Features & Bug Fixes Change Log]]<div>This change log details the new features and bug fixes applied to the product for each major release cycle.</div>


===== API Documentation =====
^ Namespace ^ Description ^
| [[ThinkGeo.MapSuite.Core|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.   |
| [[ThinkGeo.MapSuite.WebEdition|ThinkGeo.MapSuite.WebEdition]]   | The Web Edition API documentation covers the ThinkGeo.MapSuite.WebEdition namespace which resides in the WebEditon.dll assembly. It contains all of the Web Edition specific classes such as the map control itself, Overlays, and supported map classes.   |


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