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Map Suite WebAPI Edition

Map Suite WebAPI Edition allows you to easily build REST based web services to do the server side rendering, querying and geometric functions in your HTML5/Javascript application utilizing any JavaScript mapping client library (Leaflet, OpenLayers3 & KendoUI).

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Learning Samples

All Samples

All of the chapters of the Map Suite Developer Manual in one place so you can easily search for a topic.

Project Templates

Explore these project templates which combine several different concepts to make real world applications

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Getting Started

Learn how to get started building your own web application with it.

Overlays

Discover how to use Overlays to build up your map or add existing basemaps to your application.

Layers

Explore all the different types of layers and data formats you can use to build up your map.

Styles

Learn how to apply basic styles to render your vector data layers.

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Visualizing

Learn about the styles you can use with Map Suite to visualize your data.

Labeling

Explore different techniques for labeling your features.

Markers & Pop Ups

Explore how to make your maps more interactive by using Markers and Pop Ups

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Drawing & Editing

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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Geometric Functions

Explore the different ways to manipulate features using geometric functions.

Adornments

Learn how to add legends, scale bars, north arrows and many more adornments to your map.

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Product Guides & Appendices

Quick Start Guide

Helps you get started building your first application with the Map Suite WebAPI Edition.

Data Format 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.

Style Guide

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.

Serialization 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.

Installation Guide

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

Deployment Guide

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

Dependencies Guide

Introduces the dependencies Map Suite Desktop Edition needs with their features, versions and source websites.

Performance Guide

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

SQLite Guide

Walks you through using SQLite as a storage format.

API Documentation

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.WebApiEdition

The WebAPI Edition API documentation covers the ThinkGeo.MapSuite.WebAPIEdition namespace which resides in the WebAPIEdition.dll assembly. It contains all of the WebAPI Edition specific classes such as the map control itself, Overlays, and supported map classes.

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Web API Edition Sample App Walkthrough Video Series

Step through the Web API 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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