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Posted on June 25, 2008
After hearing many requests for Map Rotation functionality from the Map Suite user community, we decided to add that feature to the latest public release of Map Suite. This article will demonstrate how to use the new Map Rotation functionality introduced in Map Suite version 2.53.5.
Posted on June 19, 2008
This article will introduce the Map Suite developer community to the GRID format and help demonstrate how useful GRID can be. GRID can come handy in numerous situations where you need to create custom map displays, perform interpolation or do spatial analysis.
Posted on May 23, 2008
When working with customers, many times I am asked, "How do I implement a custom zoom bar into my application?" In this article I will show you how to build a custom zoom bar using the prebuilt zoom levels defined within Map Suite Web Edition (with concepts that also apply to Map Suite Desktop Edition).
Posted on March 11, 2008
Map Suite Explorer is a free tool that is included with both the evaluation and full versions of each Map Suite Desktop, Web, and Engine .NET GIS component. It is not a .NET mapping control; rather, it transforms the Map Suite API into an easy-to-use, user-friendly format that allows for ShapeFile viewing and rendering experimentation without the hassle of writing code.
Posted on February 8, 2008
With the emergence of popular online mapping applications, more businesses are seeing a need to build mapping and GIS (Geographic Information Systems) functionality into their own custom applications. In this article, I will show you how to build a scalable mapping application utilizing a web service and how to consume the web service from a client application.
Posted on November 2, 2007
This article will show you how to implement Geocode USA within a managed stored procedure in SQL Server 2005.
Posted on February 7, 2006
The SymbolClassBreakRenderer class allows for multiple symbols to be defined that correlate to ranges or class breaks, for example a map showing different population sizes. You can use this powerful feature to render your maps based on differing values.
Posted on December 14, 2005
Map Suite has powerful spatial querying abilities. This allows you to find features of a Layer based on spatial criteria such as containment, intersection etc. This capability is built into the API of Map Suite and is easy even for the non-GIS developer to use. This article will introduce these concepts and show you how they can be accomplished with Map Suite.
Posted on May 9, 2005
Today many developers are turning to Microsoft SQL Reporting Services™ to deliver great looking reports for their end users. And while having a professional looking report containing tabular data is great, sometimes users demand a more graphical representation of the data such as a chart or a map.
As featured in .NET Developer's Journal, November 2004
You might think that graphically intensive operations such as map rendering can be done only using languages like C++ to make Win32 API calls to the operating system. In fact, the .NET Framework and its GDI+ libraries can be used not only to render intense complex graphics but can do so efficiently.
Posted on April 3, 2006
GIS (geographical information system) enables users to create and manage spatial data and the attributes associated with that data. In a very broad sense, GIS is a map tool that allows users to create searches and analyze and edit spatial data. Further, GIS has many useful applications in the areas of academics, business, and government.
Posted on May 8, 2006
ThinkGeo's Map Suite product line and GPS tracking solution—Cygnus Track—both use map data sources for their mapping and tracking applications. In order to develop a better understanding of the applications of map data sources and datasets, it is perhaps a good idea to begin with a general overview of the ThinkGeo products that utilize various map datasets.