Today we're excited to announce the initial beta release of the Map Suite Routing Extension, an all new add-on for Map Suite that can plot routes, provide turn-by-turn directions and get your users from A to B with incredible ease. If you're using Map Suite Desktop, Web, Silverlight or Services Edition, choose Map Suite Routing as a quick and easy way to add popular routing features to your GIS ap... (read more)
Posted 08-12-2009 02:53 PM by ThinkGeo
Those of you who are working with Map Suite Silverlight Edition will be excited to know that we've just released Beta 3, which adds support for two of the most oft-requested feature from our other editions: InteractiveOverlays and GoogleOverlays. You'll also find a large number of additional new features, API enhancements, bug fixes and performance improvements. ... (read more)
Posted 08-12-2009 02:28 PM by ThinkGeo
We have a new project in our Code Community that shows some techniques for labeling. If you have a point based shapefile for labeling where all the parameters such as size, angle, font, color etc are specified in the dbf for each record, this project will show you how to handle that. Please, check it out at http://code.thinkgeo.com/projects/s...basedoncol
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Posted 08-10-2009 03:39 PM by Val
Today we are excited to announce the official launch of the Map Suite Code Community. This all-new online community provides a place for Map Suite developers to share their extensions with other Map Suite users, providing new functionality, new styles and shortcuts for their Map Suite projects. ... (read more)
Posted 07-29-2009 04:09 PM by ThinkGeo
In this video, we'll explore how you can leverage existing open source 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. David Rehagen, Chief Architect of the Map Suite development team, delivers the in-depth presentation, including sample code that you can download to speed your development. ... (read more)
Posted 07-23-2009 02:39 PM by ThinkGeo
Because a lot has changed in the Release Candidate of Desktop Edition 3.0, Map Suite Chief Architect David Rehagen put together this 60-minute overview video to help explain the new features, changes and enhancements. If you have questions about the Desktop Edition Release Candidate, or are curious why some of the changes were made, this in-depth video should be enlightening. ... (read more)
Posted 05-28-2009 03:40 PM by ThinkGeo
This is an exciting week for Map Suite developers. We've just refreshed our entire line of Map Suite 3.x GIS developer components, each packed with many of the new features, performance enhancements and bug fixes that you requested. Most importantly, Map Suite Desktop Edition is now available as a Release Candidate, and incorporates massive improvements to the API that will make it even easier a... (read more)
Posted 05-27-2009 12:07 PM by ThinkGeo
This post will focus on a request we got from a customer, who wanted to know how to draw a donut to represent a point. The effect is that a point is represented by two concentric circles. The interior of the smaller circle is transparent, the rim of the two circles is drawn by a pen and the space between them is filled with a brush.
I wanted to share the implementation with you and show you just ... (read more)
Posted 05-21-2009 10:34 AM by ThinkGeo
Thanks to everyone who attended the "Exploring Layers with Map Suite" webinar on May 13th! Map Suite Chief Architect David Rehagen demonstrated some of the many ways you can extend the Layer and RasterLayer classes, giving you near-infinite possibilities for beefing up your Map Suite projects. There was also an informative question and answer session held at the close of the presentation. ... (read more)
Posted 05-13-2009 03:50 PM by ThinkGeo
In a previous webinar we tackled integrating your own custom data with Map Suite focusing on feature-centric sources such as FeatureSource and FeatureLayer. In this webinar, we'll explore beyond Features and show you how to extend the RasterLayer and Layer classes. You'll be amazed by the kinds of layers you can build and how easy it is. ... (read more)
Posted 05-01-2009 12:29 AM by ThinkGeo
Thanks to everyone who attended the "Intro to Map Suite Silverlight Edition 3.0" webinar on April 29th! ThinkGeo President and CEO Clint Batman provided an overview of Map Suite Silverlight Edition and showcased many of the great features of this all-new product. There was also an informative question and answer session held at the close of the presentation. ... (read more)
Posted 04-30-2009 04:25 AM by ThinkGeo
The MultiGeoTiffLayer was inspired by a forum user who asked how he could efficiently handle working with hundreds or thousands of GeoTiffs. Up to the challenge as always, we wrote a bit of code and came up with the MultiGeoTiffLayer. While this specific class deals with GeoTiffs, you can quickly see from the code that it could be easily adapted to any kind of raster image such as MrSid or ECW.
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Posted 04-22-2009 01:59 AM by ThinkGeo
Now that Map Suite Silverlight Edition 3.0 Beta 1 is here, take advantage of our free webinar on April 29th that will introduce you to its features and functionality. The Intro to Map Suite Silverlight Edition webinar will also give you an opportunity to ask questions and learn more about how Silverlight Edition can enhance your GIS development. ... (read more)
Posted 04-20-2009 03:55 AM by ThinkGeo
Many of our Map Suite sample applications include an example of the world being displayed using a world ShapeFile. We are often asked by Map Suite developers how to display the Pacific Rim and Asia if you pan to the west, so that the world "wraps around," as it does with Google Maps. This article will provide some simple code that will make this possible in your Map Suite 3.x projects, as well a... (read more)
Posted 04-17-2009 02:10 AM by ThinkGeo
From the Silverlight Team...
Well we made it to beta one! We have had a great time developing this first Silverlight Edition beta and we hope you enjoy working with it. As this is the first beta, I wanted to take a little time to explain our goals and vision for the product.
Silverlight marks an important point in Microsoft's development platform history, as we finally get to write .NET code... (read more)
Posted 04-09-2009 05:31 AM by ThinkGeo