選擇Map Suite的理由:

• 極具競爭力的價格和免版稅的許可模式。
• 豐富的在線演示，豐富的開發資源、使用教程和數百個示例。
• GIS功能完善 - 空間查詢、路由和地理編碼等等。
• 原生.NET應用，在Visual Studio中使用C#或VB.NET創建。
• 由Map Suite開發人員駐守的論壇有數以千計的帖子。
• 全球擁有1,000多個客戶，其中有20多個躋身財富500強。

Map Suite .NET控件&組件

Map Suite適用于各種不同的平臺，特別是Windows桌面、Web、Silverlight等等。

針對Windows桌面應用程序和服務

針對Web應用程序

針對原生移動應用程序

針對服務器應用程序和Web服務

擴展與插件

這些附加插件可以提升你的GIS或空間繪圖項目的各種功能。

Map Suite功能特征（適用于每個版本）

• 原生.NET控件
• 無遺留的COM/ActiveX源碼。
• 包含完整IntelliSense的流線型API
  • 無需記住類和方法，Visual Studio會幫你完成這些。
• 支持.NET 4.0框架
  • 最新版.NET框架的功能能給你帶來最佳的開發體驗。
• 基于C#或VB.NET編碼，簡單易懂
  • 使用你已經熟悉的C#和Visual Basic語言進行開發。
• 支持多種矢量和柵格數據格式
  • 包括Shapefile、TAB、FileGeodatabase、SQL 2008、GeoTIFF、JPEG2000等等。
• 內置迷你地圖、層轉換器、平移/縮放控制和比例線
  • 內置一整套基礎而又關鍵的地圖控件。
• 優化顯示細節的定制化縮放級別
  • 隔離顯示功能，例如當縮小時可以顯示更多的細節。
• 強大的投影引擎
  • 可以在成千上萬個項目中投影或重投影數據。
• 支持光柵重投影
  • 在運行時重投影你的航空影像以匹配你的地圖數據。
• 空間查詢
  • 顯示基于空間規則的地圖數據的子集。
• 幾何函數
  • 轉換（例如混合、分片、劃分）形狀或者查找空間關系。
• 高效的幾何圖形庫
  • 可選的SQL類型庫大大的提升了幾何圖形操作的性能。
• SQL查詢
  • 創建基于SQL數據庫信息的動態地圖。
• 動態上下文菜單
  • 當在特征、標記等地方單擊鼠標右鍵時，動態彈出上下文菜單，提供一些額外的功能。
• 環繞國際日期變更線
  • 跨國際日期變更線使得和太平洋中心地圖更簡單。
• 視覺絢麗的風格和渲染器
  • 包括類斷點、點密度、正則表達式、圖表和圖形等眾多地圖風格。
• 支持創建和顯示GRID文件
  • 使用插值法可視化基于單元格的樣本數據。
• 繪制、編輯和操作圖形
  • 交互式圖形繪制和編輯、拖拽移動、旋轉和調整等等。
• 支持Web Map Service (WMS)
  • 從符合標準WMS規格的在線GIS服務引入地圖圖像。
• 支持多種語言
  • Unicode插件允許使用復雜的語言進行繪圖和標記。
• 支持自定義標簽
  • 為自己編寫提供定制化標簽渲染邏輯的插件。
• 序列化地圖功能
  • 序列化地圖圖形，并將它們保存到XML或從XML中加載。
• 定制化GIS服務
  • 無需GUI就可以開發后端GIS服務。
• 高度定制化控件
  • 有了我們擴展的對象模型和插件構架，Map Suite能滿足你的任何需求。

If you’re a .NET shop, Map Suite is the map SDK that you must have in your toolbox.

Just a Few Compelling Reasons to Choose Map Suite:

• Competitive pricing and a royalty-free licensing model
• Free product download and demos – No sign-up necessary
• Complete GIS suite – Spatial querying, routing, geocoding, and more
• Native .NET – Built for use with Visual Studio using C# or VB.NET
• Exhaustive resources for developers
• A wiki with documentation and hundreds of samples
• Forum with thousands of posts, manned by Map Suite developers
• More than 1,000 customers worldwide with over 20 in the Fortune 500

Map Suite .NET Controls & Components

Map Suite is available in a variety of platform-specific editions aimed at the Windows desktop, web, Silverlight and beyond.

WPF Desktop Edition

Map Suite WPF Desktop Edition takes GIS application development for the Windows desktop to a whole new level, with a .NET-native control that packs the full power of Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). With blazing fast rendering performance, powerful mapping features and support for the most popular data formats, Map Suite WPF Desktop Edition makes GIS accessible to developers of any skill.

WinForms Desktop Edition

Map Suite WinForms Desktop Edition is a powerful .NET control that adds interactive maps to your Windows Forms applications. Using Microsoft Visual Studio and C# or VB.NET, Map Suite lets you develop software that conveys geospatial data in a rich, interactive medium. Packed with powerful mapping features and support for the most popular map data formats, Map Suite Desktop Edition makes GIS accessible to developers of any skill.

Silverlight Edition

Map Suite Silverlight Edition is a .NET native GIS software control that lets .NET developers add rich, interactive Silverlight maps to their web applications and mobile web apps. Now you can harness the full power of a professional GIS control in the sleek, next-generation interfaces of Microsoft Silverlight. This is not a slimmed-down control — it's full-featured GIS for Silverlight!

MVC Edition

Map Suite MVC Edition is a .NET control for programmers that brings interactive maps and GIS functionality to ASP.NET MVC applications. Thanks to the speed and flexibility of MVC, Map Suite will help you deliver next-generation GIS software applications to desktop browsers and mobile devices alike. Together with Map Suite's simple API and  royalty-free distribution, you can take your web-based GIS applications to market in record time, across the widest variety of platforms.

Web Edition

Map Suite Web Edition is a .NET native GIS control that allows software developers to create interactive online mapping applications with ease. Packed with powerful AJAX interactivity, a simple API that makes coding easy, and royalty-free distribution, Map Suite Web Edition enables you to bring your ASP.NET WebForms GIS applications to market in record time.

Windows Phone Edition

Map Suite Windows Phone Edition is the premier solution for software developers who want to add GIS and interactive maps to their Windows Phone 8 apps. Built upon the powerful Map Suite core foundation, Windows Phone Edition lets you take the full array of Map Suite GIS features on the road or easily port your existing Map Suite projects. And with support for touch events, it also gives your maps the same familiar interactivity that users have come to expect from their mobile devices.

Services Edition

Map Suite Services Edition is a complete GIS development framework for creating Web services, Windows services and console applications that do not require a built-in user interface. Native to the Microsoft .NET Framework, Map Suite Services Edition offers a next-generation GIS software development experience. Also known as the Map Suite Core, it is at the heart of every one of ThinkGeo's Map Suite developer controls.

WMS Server Edition

Map Suite WMS Server Edition is the fastest and easiest way to set up a high-performance, scalable and standards compliant Web Map Service (WMS). A WMS serves up map data as tiled images which are then consumed by client applications. With Map Suite WMS Server, you can create a cloud-based, load-balanced map service that can be consumed by any client application that supports WMS, including clients built with other Map Suite GIS developer controls.

Geocoder

Map Suite Geocoder is a native geocoding and reverse geocoding component for .NET that lets you convert a street address into a geographic location and vice-versa. It can also deliver additional details like county, FIPS codes, census tract and more. Plus, it ships with an optimized set of United States street data based on TIGER?  2012 data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Extensions & Add-Ons

Enhance the feature set of your GIS or spatially-enabled mapping project with these additional plugins.

Map Suite World Map Kit SDK

The Map Suite World Map Kit SDK is an extension for our Map Suite line of .NET developer controls that includes everything you need to display professional-looking maps of any location on Earth. The kit comes with map data covering the world—plus enhanced street-level detail of the United States and Canada—and pre-built rendering classes that deliver beautiful maps instantly. The included source code allows you to redesign the maps or add your own data. Rendering classes are compatible with Map Suite 5.0 or higher.

Routing Extension

Let your mapping applications start taking you places! Map Suite Routing is an extension for the Map Suite family of developer controls that calculates routes and driving directions. This native .NET component gives your Map Suite applications the power to find the shortest path from A to B, deliver turn-by-turn directions, avoid specified areas, optimize for the Travelling Salesperson Problem and much more.

Vehicle Tracking Starter Kit

If you're looking to put together a Web-based vehicle tracking application with Map Suite Web Edition, the Vehicle Tracking Starter Kit is a great place to begin. Designed to be easy to use and filled with common tracking features, the kit demonstrates best practices through fully-commented source code in C# and VB.NET. Drop it into your Web Edition solution and kick-start your tracking project now!

Map Suite Source Kit

By popular request, we're offering the Map Suite Source Kit to help developers extend and enhance Map Suite's core features by providing C# source code behind several of our most popular core classes. From FeatureSources to GeoStyles, the Source Kit lets you see the "guts" behind many of your favorite classes, making it easier to extend them for your own custom implementation. While this is not the complete source code to Map Suite, it can make implementing your own custom Map Suite functionality much easier.

Features in Every Edition of Map Suite

• Native .NET control

  No legacy COM or ActiveX for you (or your users) to mess with

• Streamlined API with full IntelliSense

  No need to memorize classes and methods; let Visual Studio guide you

• Designed for .NET Framework 4.0

  Leverages new .NET framework features for the best developer experience

• Easy coding in C# or VB.NET

  Use the C# and Visual Basic languages you are already familiar with

• Support for many vector and raster data formats

  Including Shapefile, TAB, FileGeodatabase, SQL 2008, GeoTIFF, JPEG2000 and many more

• Built-in mini-map, layer switcher, pan/zom controls and scale lines

  A full suite of basic yet essential map controls come built in

• Customizable zoom levels for optimal display detail

  Segregate feature display; for instance, display more map detail as you zoom in

• Robust projection engine

  Project or reproject your data in any one of thousands of projections

• Raster reprojection support

  Reproject your aerial imagery on the fly to match your map data

• Spatial querying

  Display a subset of map data based on a set of spatial rules

• Geometric functions

  Transform (e.g. blend, clip, divide) shapes or find spatial relationships

• High-performance geometry library

  Optional SQL types library offers huge performance gains in some geometric operations

• SQL querying

  Create dynamic maps based on info from your SQL database

• Dynamic context menus

  Provide additional functionality when right-clicking on features, markers and so on

• Dateline wrapping

  Span the international date line for easy Asia/Pacific-centric maps

• Visually stunning styles and renderers

  Map styles include class breaks, dot density, RegEx, charts & graphs and more

• Support for creating and displaying GRID files

  Visualize cell-based sample data using interpolation

• Draw, edit and manipulate shapes

  Interactive shape drawing and editing, drag-to-move, rotate and resize, and more

• Web Map Service (WMS) support

  Bring in map imagery from online GIS servers comforming to standard WMS specs

• Multi-language support

  Unicode plugin allows for mapping and labeling in complex languages

• Custom labeling support

  Write your own plugin providing custom label rendering logic

• Serializable map features

  Serialize map shapes and save them to / load them from XML

• Custom GIS services

  Develop back-end GIS-enabled services with no GUI required

• Incredibly customizable controls

  With our extensible object model and plugin architecture, Map Suite suits any need