Model/View/Controller Architecture Map Suite MVC Edition delivers you an unprecedented level of control thanks to its Model/View/Controller architecture. This gives you far greater control and better performance than with traditional ASP.NET Webforms development. MVC means that you'll enjoy benefits like:

• Ideal for Mobile Development — Map Suite MVC Edition is ideally suited for building cross-platform applications for mobile and touch-based devices.
• Faster Performance — MVC doesn't rely on the ViewState/Postback model of Webforms, netting you an increase in speed and offering a significant performance advantage in some circumstances.
• Full Control of Presentation — Unlike Webforms, you'll be able to easily customize each page's HTML and CSS to your exact requirements.
• Integrate Third-Party Libraries — Easily add libraries like jQuery to make client side functionality come alive.
• Unit Testable — MVC Edition easily supports automated unit testing like never before.
• Easier Team Development — Allow different developers to work on different parts of the same page simultaneously.
• Choice of ViewEngines — Utilize either the traditional ASPX or the Razor ViewEngine.
• SEO Optimized — With better control over HTML, you'll be able to fully optimize your project for search engine indexing.

Map Suite: The Next Generation of GIS Software Map Suite MVC Edition belongs to the Map Suite product family, the next generation of professional GIS software from ThinkGeo. Every Map Suite product is filled with exciting features like these:

• Broad Scope — Map Suite is suitable for a wide range of GIS solutions
• Streamlined API — Upgraded IntelliSense and namespaces for faster coding.
• Better User Experience — Give your users the tools and interactivity they demand.
• Simpler Coding — Faster to market, less code to debug and maintain.
• Map Tile Caching — A robust caching model to meet your application's needs.
• Powerful Objects — Customize any low-level class for your own case.
• Rock-Solid Stability — Map Suite's new API is backed by thousands of test cases.
• Highly Customizable — Expand Map Suite functionality using your own technology.
• Plus Many More!

Extensive Spatial Data Support Like all products in the Map Suite family, Map Suite MVC Edition includes greatly expanded support for new spatial data formats, ensuring that your data won't hold you back. Map Suite natively supports spatial data in these formats:

• Esri ShapeFile — Standard vector format for GIS data. Now includes support for advanced indexing — no more splitting ShapeFiles!
• MapInfo TAB — Popular GIS vector data format developed by MapInfo.
• Oracle Spatial — Very popular spatial database format.
• Microsoft SQL 2008 — Microsoft's new spatial database format.
• PostgreSQL/PostGIS — The premier open source spatial database format.
• Web Map Service (WMS) — Open standard from the Open Geospatial Consortium.
• Choice of Background — Use imagery from Google Maps, Yahoo Maps or Virtual Earth for your background layer.*
• GRID — Create and render GRID custom grid files.
• Dozens More — Support dozens of additional vector and raster formats with the FDO Extension, included with Map Suite. See our master list of supported data formats.
• Create Your Own — Map Suite's extensible framework lets you add new sources of OpenGIS® compliant data.

* Third-party licensing may apply.

Richly Interactive User Experience When you design GIS applications with Map Suite MVC Edition, you'll be able to deliver a powerful user experience to your audience, both on desktop and mobile browsers. Map Suite MVC Edition includes a host of interactive UI features like:

• Touch Panning — Pan your map with a swipe of your finger on touchscreen devices like Apple's iPhone and iPad.
• Pinch Zooming — Zoom your map in or out by pinching your fingers on touchscreen devices like Apple's iPhone and iPad.
• Tap Events — Tap on markers and interact with your map using touchscreen devices like Apple's iPhone and iPad.
• Built-In Controls — Common map controls (pan, zoom, etc.) are integrated to save time, with the ability to easily replace them with your own custom controls.
• Mini Locator Map — Lets you show a broader extent in a small thumbnail map.
• Scale Line — Automatic, built-in scale line helps represent distance.
• Draggable Markers — Mark and drag to relocate waypoints, landmarks and more, add tooltips or pop-up balloons.
• Editable Map Shapes — Let your users users draw, edit and click on map shapes.
• Dynamic Context Menus — Add custom right-click events to map features.

Cutting-Edge GIS Core Technology Equip your Internet and Intranet applications with Map Suite MVC Edition's powerful GIS core library. It's designed to render the kind of professional maps that you need, with GIS features like:

• GDI+ and GDI Drawing — Provide dynamic graphics and text.
• Zoom Levels — Control what's visible based on map magnification.
• Spatial Queries — Display map data according to a set of rules.
• Map Shapes — Represent dynamic and mobile objects or areas.
• Geometric Functions — Transform a shape or find relationship to other shapes.
• Projections — Ways of representing the curved surface of the Earth on a 2D plane.
• SQL Querying — Create dynamic maps based on info from your database.
• Map Rotation — Rotate your maps in real-time.
• Plus Many More!

Professional Map Rendering Map Suite MVC Edition's core GIS framework can render stunning maps to complement your ASP.NET applications. You have full control over the presentation, with capabilities that include:

• Custom Symbology — Supply your own map icons, symbols and images.
• Icon Value Rendering — Combine an icon with a label (i.e., a highway symbol).
• Dot Density Rendering — Render a layer differently based on points plotted within it.
• Direct Map Drawing — Draw shapes, lines and points dynamically on any map.
• Class Break Rendering & Labeling — Display map areas or labels differently based on the range of a particular attribute.
• Value-Based Rendering & Labeling — Display map areas or labels differently based on the exact value of a particular attribute.
• RegX Rendering — Allows you to display map areas based on a regular expression.
• Chart/Graph Rendering — Allows you to draw chart or graph images over map areas.

Compatibility & Customization Make your .NET GIS Web service or console app your own by extending and customizing Map Suite to your exact needs, while supporting industry-standard file formats that save you time:

• Tailored Drawing System — Customize the rendering engine to meet your exact needs.
• Raster Imagery Support — Import satellite imagery, textures and patterns in common formats like ECW, JPEG2000, MrSid and GeoTIFF.
• Custom Data Functionality — Integrate non-geographic information like sales data.
• Serialization — Serialize map features using XML, Well Known Text & Well Known Binary.
• Multi-Language Support — Unicode plugin allows for mapping in complex languages.
• Custom Labeling Support — Write your own plugin providing custom label rendering logic.

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