Introduction to Map Suite

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Agenda

• Overview of Silverlight Technology
• Map Suite Silverlight Beta Edition Features
  Benefits
• Demonstration
• Where to Get Help and Learn More
• QA

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Overview of Silverlight Technology

• What is Silverlight?
• New Platform for Developing Rich Internet
  Applications
• Microsofts Answer to Adobe Flash Technology
• Allows Designers Developer to easily
  Collaborate
• Requires a Small Silverlight Runtime Install Via
  Download
• Utilizes XAML for UI Layout Support
• Provides Tools to Allow Developers and Graphic
  Designers to Collaborate

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Overview of Silverlight Technology

• Advantages of using Silverlight
• Richer User Experience
• Cross Platform Browser Support
• Firefox
• Safari (For the Mac)
• Opera
• Chrome
• .NET Developers Can Leverage Existing Skill sets
• Server Deployment Model
• Isolated Storage

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Overview of Silverlight Technology

• Things to be aware of when using Silverlight
• Reduced .NET Class Library Available on Client
  Side
• Limited Access to System Resources
• Application Architecture Design Requirements
  are different than developing Web Applications.
• For More Information Review the Silverlight 2.0
  Documentation on MSDN at
• http//msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc838158(
  vs.95).aspx

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Map Suite Silverlight Features And Benefits

• Richer User Experience Over the Web
• Built in Map Tools for Zooming, Panning and
  Display
• High Performance Responsiveness
• Desktop Application Feel inside of a Web Browser

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Map Suite Silverlight Features And Benefits

• Full GIS Mapping Capabilities
• Full Control over Map Rendering
• Support for Projection
• Shape Drawing Editing
• Spatial Query Functionality
• Geometric Functions Like Buffer, Union and
  Difference
• Distance Area Querying
• Support for Map Data from Various Sources

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Map Suite Silverlight Features And Benefits

• Other Advantages
• Extensible Architecture for Maximum Customization
• Common API with other Map Suite Products
• Easy Deployment Model
• Cross Platform Capabilities

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Demonstration

• Map Suite Silverlight Beta Edition 3.0 comes
  bundled with a wide variety of sample
  applications that demonstrate many common map
  features and popular GIS concepts.
• How Do I Sample Applications Include Examples
  Like
• Panning Zooming
• Plotting Points
• Pop Ups, Context Menus, Markers
• Custom Labeling Symbols
• Geometric Operations, Polygon Buffering
  Unions
• Distance Calculations
• Spatial Queries
• Many Rendering Examples

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Where do I Get Help and Learn More?

• Download Free Evaluation Version
• Product Specific Discussion Forums
• Map Suite Silverlight Quick Start Guide
• How Do I? Sample Applications
• ThinkGeo Developer Blog and White Papers

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Next Webinar

• Exploring Layers with Map Suite - Wednesday May
  13th at 1PM CDT
• Host
• David Rehagen Map Suite Chief Architect
• Topic
• Join ThinkGeo on May 13th for a free webinar
  that will show you how to extend Map Suite's
  RasterLayer and Layer classes. You'll be amazed
  by the kinds of layers you can build and how easy
  it is.

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Conclusion

• Questions?
• Toll-Free Phone [phone]
• International Phone [phone]
• Email sales_at_thinkgeo.com
• Discussion Forums http//gis.thinkgeo.com/