Posted on 06-20-2012 09:39 AM by ThinkGeo
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As part of Map Suite's new annual release cycle, we will be incrementally unveiling new features and enhancements that are targeted for the next major version via our Daily Development Builds. This will give our users a chance to get the newest features before the May 2013 release of Map Suite 7.0, and also allow us to collect feedback on these new features as we work to polish and perfect them. ... (read more)
Posted on 05-20-2013 02:34 PM by ThinkGeo
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Our Map Suite development team has begun final preparations for the upcoming launch of Map Suite 7.0, targeted for the end of May 2013. Starting now, new Daily Builds will not be generated as we enter a code freeze and review period. Creation and posting of new daily builds will resume after the 7.0 release. ... (read more)
Posted on 02-25-2013 10:36 AM by ThinkGeo
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Good news for Map Suite GIS Editor users: we've temporarily done away with the 14-day evaluation limit and have extended all trial subscriptions through mid- to late-second quarter 2013, for the remainder of the GIS Editor's beta period.
We've heard lots of great feedback from the community as you've begun using the GIS Editor, and we want to hear more. That's why we're extending the free tria... (read more)
Posted on 12-28-2012 11:30 AM by ThinkGeo
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It's Finally Here!
It turns out that December 2012 didn't deliver the Mayan Apocalypse — it delivered the Map Suite GIS Editor. That's right: The initial public beta of the GIS Editor is now available for immediate download!
The Map Suite GIS Editor for Windows lets you design stunning maps, perform geo-analysis and visualize your data. Powerful enough for professional GIS technicians... (read more)
Posted on 11-28-2012 01:10 PM by ThinkGeo
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We have recently added a new Dependencies Guide to each "Product Guides" section of the Map Suite Wiki, with a separate guide specially tailored to each product edition. In this guide you will find a convenient grid listing each of our features that requires a dependency, the dependency version and the location where you can acquire it. We split the grid into two sections, showing separate areas... (read more)
Posted on 08-30-2012 11:54 AM by ThinkGeo
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We have completed the upgrade of all of our Map Suite products and their samples to the .NET 4.0 framework! As such, all new daily development builds going forward will require the 4.0 framework to be installed on your development machine. In addition, we have streamlined a number of other things, includng how you work with daily builds and how Map Suite works with unmanaged assemblies. ... (read more)
Posted on 06-20-2012 11:58 AM by ThinkGeo
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ThinkGeo is pleased to announce the release of the Map Suite Tile Cache Generator project and accompanying source code. Pre-generating tiles based 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 cus... (read more)
Posted on 06-15-2012 02:02 PM by ThinkGeo
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Do you love our wiki sample applications but dislike having to download them to just see a few key lines of code? If so, then you'll be pleased to know we have added a new "View Source" feature to all of our wiki code samples! You can now simply view the C# source files without downloading them. ... (read more)
Posted on 05-17-2012 03:54 PM by ThinkGeo
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Map Suite 6.0 has arrived! Today, you can get version 6.0 of any of our Map Suite .NET GIS controls, components and servers, which deliver some incredible performance enhancements, many new features, and bug fixes. Among key new features are improved drawing and label formatting, enhanced XML serialization, the new Code Generator, support for WMS 1.3.0 and much, much more. ... (read more)
Posted on 04-17-2012 04:09 PM by ThinkGeo
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Yahoo has discontinued their Yahoo Maps Web Services. As a result, if you were utilizing these services through Map Suite, they will eventually stop working (if they have not already). Additionally, we will be deprecating the Yahoo Maps layer and overlay in a future version of Map Suite. We recommend that you look at transitioning to a different Map Suite base map layer such as Google, Bing or ... (read more)
Posted on 03-29-2012 11:25 AM by ThinkGeo
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Now that Map Suite MVC Edition is here, we've started putting together a series of videos that will walk you through each of the sample applications that are included with the product. Each video is just a few minutes long and will not only show you how the sample works, but will also step through the source code so you can see what each portion of it is doing. ... (read more)
Posted on 03-22-2012 11:26 AM by ThinkGeo
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One way to dramatically increase the performance of your Map Suite applications is to grid your polygons, thus getting them into an optimized state for rendering. What we want to do is get the average tile render time to be as low as possible. Typically, the features that take the longest time to draw are high point-count polygon layers. Imagine you are rendering a low-level tile that is essential... (read more)
Posted on 03-07-2012 01:44 PM by ThinkGeo
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Worldwide interest was generated in January when Amazon announced DynamoDB, a NoSQL cloud database, as it promised a reliable, fast, scalable database with near zero administration or setup. Leveraging this technology, ThinkGeo's newly-released 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... (read more)
Posted on 02-28-2012 02:19 PM by ThinkGeo
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Today we are excited to announce the immediate release of Map Suite MVC Edition Beta, the first Map Suite GIS control designed especially for ASP.NET MVC! The Model/View/Controller architecture gives you total control over your presentation, enabling you to target mobile and touch-based devices like the iPhone® and iPad® with platform-agnostic web apps. ... (read more)
Posted on 12-16-2011 05:03 PM by ThinkGeo
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Based on requests from customers to provide a new and efficient spatial file format for GIS data, we are pleased to announce the initial beta release of ThinkGeo's new TinyGeo file format. The goals of the format were to provide our customers with a highly compressed, read-only, secure and easily distributable data file that they could use to disseminate spatial data to their clients. ... (read more)
Posted on 11-29-2011 09:47 AM by ThinkGeo
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Map Suite 6.0 Beta Features Now Available via the Daily Builds
As we recently revealed, there were some features that didn't have a chance to be thoroughly tested enough to make it into last week's Map Suite 5.5 release. While those features have been rescheduled for the Map Suite 6.0 release due next spring, we're excited to announce that you can begin testing them today by downloading a Map ... (read more)
Posted on 11-16-2011 01:20 PM by ThinkGeo
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Map Suite's November 2011 release has arrived! Today, you can get version 5.5 of our Map Suite .NET GIS controls, components and servers, which bring new features, plenty of fixes and performance enhancements. The 5.5 release focuses on stability and reliability with numerous bug fixes included, but we've also completed our testing on the new printing functionality and contour line support. ... (read more)
Posted on 10-26-2011 12:22 PM by ThinkGeo
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Our Map Suite development team has begun final preparations for the upcoming November launch of Map Suite 5.5, the next major milestone release of our Map Suite GIS products. Beginning next week, new Daily Builds will not be generated as we enter a code freeze and review period. Creation and posting of new daily builds will resume after the mid-November release. ... (read more)
Posted on 08-23-2011 01:59 PM by ThinkGeo
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We're pleased to announce that the new robust printing system for Map Suite has finally arrived! Beginning with Map Suite version 5.0.102.0 just released today, you can start adding interactive previewing, page layout and printing capabilities to your Map Suite applications. Check out today's new code sample and video to see how it's done. ... (read more)
Posted on 08-09-2011 05:50 PM by ThinkGeo
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Jump into the fast-growing world of mobile applications with Map Suite Windows Phone Edition, the first Map Suite GIS control that lets you add powerful and interactive maps to your Windows Phone 7 apps. We've just released Beta 1 of this exciting new product today, and you can get it right now from our website. Purchase the full version and receive up to $1,000 off the regular price! ... (read more)