Agenda

• • • • • Overview of Silverlight Technology Map Suite Silverlight Beta Edition Features & Benefits Demonstration Where to Get Help and Learn More Q&A 2

Overview of Silverlight Technology

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What is Silverlight?

New Platform for Developing Rich Internet Applications Microsoft’s 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 3

Overview of Silverlight Technology

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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 4

Overview of Silverlight Technology

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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 6

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 7

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 8

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 9

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 10

Next Webinar Exploring Layers with Map Suite -

Wednesday May 13 th 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. 11

Conclusion

Questions?

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