Map Suite: The Next Generation of GIS Software Map Suite Services 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
• Broader Communication — Leverage WCF, WMS and Web service technologies.
• Streamlined API — Upgraded IntelliSense and namespaces for faster coding.
• Simpler Coding — Faster to market, less code to debug and maintain.
• Powerful Objects — Customize any low-level class for your own case.
• Rock-Solid Stability — Map Suite's new API is backed by over 3,000 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 Services 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 Support — Standard vector format for GIS data. Now includes support for advanced indexing — no more splitting ShapeFiles!
• 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.
• 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.

Cutting-Edge GIS Core Technology Equip your .NET Web services, Windows services and console applications with Map Suite Services 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 Services Edition's core GIS framework can render stunning maps to complement your .NET services and console apps. 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.

Fully Customizable User Experience Map Suite Services Edition provides a core GIS framework around which you can design your own user interface. This lets you enhance your .NET services and console apps with features like:

• Panning/Zooming — Allow users to control their map view
• Scale Bars — Automatic scale bars with control over size, placement and limits
• Clickable Map Shapes — Perform your own custom actions when users click on shapes
• Multiplatform Support — Target either the desktop or Web with your GIS application
• Custom GIS Services — Develop back-end GIS-enabled services with no GUI required
• Tailored Interface — Design the custom user interface that's perfect for your project

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:

• 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
• Save/Load XML — Serialize map shapes and save them to / load them from XML
• 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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