Map Suite(TM) from ThinkGeo is a full featured mapping component that makes it easy for any Microsoft .NET Developer to add mapping functionality to a Microsoft .NET app quickly and efficiently. The company's pitch... Using the intuitive object model, even developers inexperienced in GIS can have fully functional maps working in minutes.
Map Suite is a powerful set of components enabling you to build compelling desktop mapping applications. Leveraging Microsoft's .NET framework 1.1, our APIs incorporate the latest technology to deliver ease of coding and intuitive streamlined interfaces.
Building a spatial mapping application for the web is now very simpleeasy, thanks to the powerful ASP.NET server control in ThinkGeo's Map Suite Web. Start building compelling Internet mapping applications in minutes. In addition to support for Visual Studio 2005, Map Suite 2.0 offers C# and VB.NET software developers several powerful and feature-rich mapping components. Some of the features of Map Suite 2.0 include the following: dynamic panning for Map Suite Web, automated build process (build and install your applications at the click of a mouse), enhanced DBF support, shape file data support, spatial and distance querying, custom rendering, direct map drawing, a geometric and decimal degree functions library, and much more.
.NET Components:
Map Suite Desktop is a powerful set of components enabling you to build compelling desktop mapping applications.
Map Suite Web is a powerful ASP.NET server control enabling you to build compelling internet mapping applications.
Map Suite’s Map Engine is a powerful low level component providing full control over your mapping presentation.
Map Suite Pocket PC Engine is a flexible mapping API that allows you to build robust applications against the .NET Compact Framework.
Adding data to your apps is also a breeze using some of the data components available from the company. Some data products available include: Map Suite Raster USA, ThinkGeo's 2004 Tiger Data, and ThinkGeo's World Data
Supported Features: Shape File Data Support Spatial & Distance Querying SQL Querying Rendering Direct Map Drawing User Drawn Shapes Shape Dragging Shape Selection Printing Geometric & Decimal Degree Functions Rotate, Scale, Translate Scale Bar Component Full Support of ADO.NET Objects XML Serialization of Shapes
Map Suite provides support for Visual Studio 2005 and the .NET framework 2.0, allowing our customers to use the latest tools and technologies to build the best mapping and geospatial applications possible," said Clint Batman, President of ThinkGeo LLC. -- build dynamic and powerful mapping applications with even greater speed, ease and flexibility