Map Suite

Map Suite is the name of a group of GIS software developer components produced by ThinkGeo. Designed to be used by developers working with the Microsoft .NET platform, Map Suite includes separate components designed for authoring of web, desktop, server and mobile-based GIS applications. All Map Suite components are native to the .NET platform and are licensed on a royalty-free basis.

.NET GIS Software Developer Components
The complete set of Map Suite GIS software includes:


 * WPF Desktop Edition and Desktop Edition, designed for authoring desktop GIS software using WPF or Winforms
 * Web Edition with AJAX enhancements, designed for authoring web-based GIS applications
 * Silverlight Edition, designed for authoring GIS applications using Microsoft Silverlight technology
 * Services Edition, a framework for creating desktop services, web services and console applications
 * Pocket PC Edition, a .NET Compact Framework control for authoring Windows Mobile GIS software
 * Geocoder, a geocoding and reverse geocoding component with a specially optimized United States dataset
 * WMS Server Edition, designed for deploying your own Web Map Service (WMS)

Base Map Plugins
ThinkGeo's base map extensions "plug in" to a Map Suite .NET developer component (such as those listed above) that includes optimized spatial data and prewritten rendering code. Together, these tools represent a full suite of tools for creating GIS applications focused on a particular geographic area. The World Map Kit is ThinkGeo's premier base map extension and is offered in three flavors: World Map Kit SDK, WMS Server and Online Edition. The World Map Kit also includes country-specific road signage imagery for the United States and Canada.

Map Suite Extensions
ThinkGeo also offers numerous extensions to their Map Suite GIS software components, which include a routing engine, an extension that adds support for various data formats and so forth.


 * Map Suite Routing for adding route mapping and driving directions to Map Suite applications
 * Spatial Data Extension which adds support for Esri ArcSDE 9.3 geodatabases
 * Vehicle Tracking Starter Kit, a prepackaged sample solution for building web-based vehicle tracking applications
 * Map Suite Source Kit containing C# source code for many of Map Suite's default classes