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Overview

The ASP.NET MVC Maps library is a geographical data visualization tool for rendering maps from GeoJSON data or other map providers like OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Bing Maps, etc. Its rich feature set includes markers, labels, bubbles, navigation lines, legends, tooltips, zooming, panning, drill down, and more.


Why choose Syncfusion ASP.NET MVC Maps library?

ASP.NET MVC Maps customization

Easy to customize

To visualize a geometric shape in SVG format in Maps, you can bind GeoJSON data to it. GeoJSON data is light and simple to read. You can render a world map or a US map and alter it with the ASP.NET MVC Maps control’s built-in options to achieve the required layout.

ASP.NET MVC Maps geospatial imaging

Geospatial imaging services

Works with services like Google Maps, Bing Maps, and OpenStreetMap to view satellite, aerial, and street maps by locating map data quickly without the use of any external shape inputs.

ASP.NET MVC Maps marker and bubbles

Markers and bubbles

Markers are notes on maps that indicate specific latitude and longitude points using symbols. Bubbles are used to convey additional information about shapes such as population density and land area. Circle and square bubbles are available.

ASP.NET MVC Maps multilayers

Multiple geometric layers

A map with several geometric layers in a single view can be generated with sublayers. You can render the geographic elements of a country, such as rivers and valleys, as a sublayer. Each layer can be drilled.

ASP.NET MVC Maps adaptive layout

Adapts to any resolution

Maps has a highly responsive layout and an optimized design for desktops, touchscreens, and phones. It works well on all mobile phones that use iOS, Android, or Windows OS.

ASP.NET MVC Maps projection

Custom projections

The ASP.NET MVC Maps component supports Mercator, Equirectangular, Miller, Eckert 3, Eckert 5, Eckert 6, Winkel 3, and Aitoff projections.

ASP.NET MVC Maps zooming

Zooming and panning

Zooming and panning in ASP.NET MVC Maps are fast. Zoom the map by scrolling the mouse wheel, clicking the shapes, or using the zooming toolbar. Pan the map to navigate among regions easily.

ASP.NET MVC Maps globalization

Globalization and localization

An internationalization library is used to globalize number, date, and time values in Maps. All the strings used in the Maps user interface can be localized by users as needed. Localizing UI strings involves using the localization (l10n) library.


ASP.NET MVC Maps code example

Easily get started with ASP.NET MVC Maps using a few simple lines of CSHTML and C# code, as demonstrated below. Also explore our ASP.NET MVC Maps example that shows you how to render maps.

@using Syncfusion.EJ2;
@Html.EJS().Maps("maps").Layers(l =>
{
    l.ShapeSettings(ss => ss
    .Fill("#E5E5E5").ColorValuePath("Color"))
    .ShapeData(ViewBag.worldmap).ShapeDataPath("Country").ShapePropertyPath("name").DataSource(ViewBag.dataSource).Add();
}).Render()
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using Syncfusion.EJ2.Maps;

namespace ApplicationName.Controllers
{
    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            ViewBag.worldmap = this.GetWorldMap();
            List<Data> data = new List<Data>
            {
                 new Data {Country= "China", Membership= "Permanent", Color= "#feb24c" },
                 new Data {Country= "United States", Membership= "Permanent", Color= "#feb24c" },
                 new Data {Country= "United Kingdom", Membership= "Permanent", Color= "#feb24c" },
                 new Data {Country= "Germany", Membership= "Permanent", Color= "#feb24c" },
                 new Data {Country= "Italy", Membership= "Permanent", Color= "#feb24c" },
                 new Data {Country= "India", Membership= "Permanent", Color= "#feb24c" },
                 new Data {Country= "Australia", Membership= "Permanent", Color= "#feb24c" },
                 new Data {Country= "Japan", Membership= "Permanent", Color= "#feb24c" },
                 new Data {Country= "France", Membership= "Permanent", Color= "#feb24c" },
                 new Data {Country= "Russia", Membership= "Permanent", Color= "#feb24c" },
                 new Data {Country= "Kazakhstan", Membership= "Non-Permanent", Color= "#f03b20" },
                 new Data {Country= "Poland", Membership= "Non-Permanent", Color= "#f03b20" },
                 new Data {Country= "Sweden", Membership= "Non-Permanent", Color= "#f03b20" },
                 new Data {Country= "South Africa", Membership= "Non-Permanent", Color= "#f03b20" }
            };
            ViewBag.dataSource = data;
            return View();
        }
        public object GetWorldMap()
        {
            string allText = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(Server.MapPath("~/App_Data/WorldMap.json"));
            return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(allText, typeof(object));
        }
        public class Data
        {
            public string Country { get; set; }
            public string Membership { get; set; }
            public string Color { get; set; }
        }
    }
}

GeoJSON layer

Bind GeoJSON data to the maps to render any geometric shape in SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) to visualize data. For example, render the world map or US map and customize it to the desired look using built-in options in the ASP.NET MVC Maps component. Add any number of layers to the maps.

ASP.NET MVC Maps library binding GeoJSON data


ASP.NET MVC Maps rendered with geometry types over OSM map

Geometry types

GeoJSON data contains geometry objects with properties such as geometry types and coordinates. The geometry types are the values present in the geometry objects of the GeoJSON data that specify the type of shape to be rendered, along with the coordinates that help to draw the shape’s boundary line. Polygon, MultiPolygon, LineString, MultiLineString, Point, MultiPoint, and GeometryCollection are the supported geometry types.


Geo-imagery visuals

Built-in support for external geospatial imagery services, such as Bing Maps and OpenStreetMap, is used to visualize satellite, aerial, and street maps, or other kinds of imagery tiles without any external shape inputs. In addition to Bing Maps and OpenStreetMap, users can also render maps from various map providers, for example, Google Maps Tile API, TomTom, Mapbox, and Esri’s ArcGIS. By using these external services, map data can be located easily.

ASP.NET MVC Maps library geo-imagery visuals


ASP.NET MVC Maps with multiple layers

Multilayers

Using sublayers, a map can be created with multiple geometric layers in a single view. For example, render additional geographic features of a country such as rivers, valleys, and more as sublayers. You can also drill each layer.


Marker

Denote a place with symbols or mark messages at the desired latitude and longitude on a map using markers. For example, indicate a particular place on the US map using a balloon marker shape. Also, place any HTML element as a marker and add multiple markers to the map.

ASP.NET MVC Maps with multiple markers


ASP.NET MVC Maps rendered with marker clustering option

Marker clustering

Display multiple markers in the same location by clustering them. For example, use markers to indicate the top 50 cities in the world. If a marker overlaps another, they will be clustered, and the total number of markers will be displayed over the cluster.


Marker drag and drop

Drag and drop markers to reposition them in the map. After dragging and dropping markers, the marker data source and elements such as marker shape, color, legend, and tooltip content can be changed using supported events.

ASP.NET MVC Maps with marker drag and drop option


ASP.NET MVC Maps is rendered with polygon

Polygons

Polygons can be displayed over a shape layer or an online map to highlight a specific region.


Data labels

Data labels on the ASP.NET MVC Map provide identification for the shapes by displaying their names. Trim or hide the labels at intersections with other labels and when they exceed shape bounds.

ASP.NET MVC Maps with data labels


Multiple bubbles rendered in ASP.NET MVC Maps

Bubble

Create a simple map with bubbles to represent additional information about shapes such as population density, land area, and more. Bubbles are rendered with various magnitudes and colors based on the underlying data values of the shape.


Denote flight routes or ship routes between two places on a geographic map with connector lines. The lines can also be curved.

ASP.NET MVC Maps rendered with navigation lines


Color mapping

Categorize the shapes on a map by customizing their color based on the underlying values. The ASP.NET MVC Maps component supports three types of color mapping: range color mapping, equal color mapping, and desaturation color mapping.

Range color mapping applied to the shapes in ASP.NET MVC Maps

Range color mapping

Apply colors to the shapes by comparing their values with a desired numeric range. For example, apply colors to states in the US based on population density.

Equal color mapping applied to the shapes in ASP.NET MVC Maps

Equal color mapping

Differentiate a shape’s fill based on its underlying values and colors by using equal color mapping. For example, apply colors to the states in the US based on a winning political candidate.

Desaturation color mapping applied to the shapes in ASP.NET MVC Maps

Desaturation color mapping

Change the opacity of the shapes by comparing their values with a desired numeric range. Minimum and maximum opacity of the shapes can be customized.

Desaturation color mapping with multiple colors applied to the shapes in ASP.NET MVC Maps

Desaturation with multiple colors

Apply multiple colors to the shape from a gradient by comparing their values with a desired numeric range. Any number of colors can be specified for creating the gradient.


Legend

Legends provide valuable information for interpreting the map with various colors, shapes, or other identifiers based on data and application needs. The ASP.NET MVC Maps component supports two types of legends: default and interactive.

ASP.NET MVC Maps rendered with default legend items

Default

A map with a legend contains swatches of symbols with descriptions to denote the categories of shapes.

ASP.NET MVC Maps rendered with interactive legend

Interactive

Use a map with an interactive legend to find the range of an underlying shape’s value on mouse hover.


Zooming and panning

Zoom the map for close-up analysis by pinching the map, scrolling the mouse wheel, clicking the shapes, or by using zooming toolbar; and pan the map for easy navigation across regions. Also change the zoom level of the initial rendering.

Zooming and panning enabled in ASP.NET MVC Maps


Displays a tooltip on moving mouse over the ASP.NET MVC Maps

Tooltip

The tooltip displays details about the shape value on mouse hover. Tooltips are also displayed for markers and bubbles on a map.


Drill down

Drill down in rendered ASP.NET MVC Maps to display different shape data located on another layer. For example, the initial layer may render the world map and on clicking a particular continent, the continent alone will render separately on another layer.

ASP.NET MVC Maps rendered with multiple layers and enabled drill-down option


Particular shape is selected in the rendered ASP.NET MVC Maps

Selection and highlight

Select a particular shape on mouse click or highlight on mouse hover to bring the focus to the other shapes on a map.


Custom shapes

Create a map with custom shapes by rendering personalized GeoJSON data to indicate building infrastructure, points of interest, flight seat arrangements, sports stadiums, and more.

Bus seat selection simulated in ASP.NET MVC Maps


ASP.NET MVC Maps rendered with an annotation that displays a compass image

Annotation

Display any HTML element as an annotation at a specific point of interest on a map. For example, place a direction compass image on the map using annotation. Also add multiple annotations to a map.


Projection

Change the projection of the default rendering map based on the need. The ASP.NET MVC Maps component supports various types of projections, namely Mercator, Equirectangular, Miller, Eckert 3, Eckert 5, Eckert 6, Winkel 3, and Aitoff.


ASP.NET MVC Maps rendered with title and subtitle

Title and subtitle

Add a title and subtitle to visualize additional information in ASP.NET MVC Maps. Fonts and alignment of the title and subtitle can also be customized.


Appearance

Customize the look and feel of a map by changing the fill color, background, border, and opacity of shapes. Almost all the elements in ASP.NET MVC Maps are customizable. This component also provides built-in palettes with customizable options by default.

ASP.NET MVC Maps rendered with customized appearance


State persistence with ASP.NET MVC Maps library

State persistence

State persistence allows the Maps component to maintain state by storing the most recent model value in browser cookies. When the appropriate setting is enabled, some of the Maps component model values are preserved even after the page is refreshed.


Exporting

Export or print the rendered ASP.NET MVC Maps to save a local copy for further use.

Export ASP.NET MVC Maps illustration

Export

Export the ASP.NET MVC Maps to a PDF document or in image formats such as SVG, PNG, and JPEG on the client side.

Print ASP.NET MVC Maps illustration

Print

Print the rendered ASP.NET MVC Maps directly from the browser.


Accessibility

Keyboard navigation in ASP.NET MVC Maps library

Keyboard navigation

The ASP.NET MVC Maps library ensures that every element is keyboard accessible. Major features like zooming, panning, shape selection, legend, and drill down can be performed using just keyboard shortcuts, no mouse interaction required. This helps in creating highly accessible applications.

Accessibility in ASP.NET MVC Maps library

Accessibility

The ASP.NET MVC Maps library has complete WAI-ARIA accessibility support. The Maps UI includes high-contrast visual elements that help visually impaired people have the best viewing experience. Also, valid UI descriptions are easily accessible through assistive technologies such as screen readers.





Other supported frameworks

Maps control is also available in Blazor, React, Angular, JavaScript, and Vue frameworks. Check out the different Maps platforms from the following links:

Supported browsers

The ASP.NET MVC Maps library works well with all modern web browsers, such as Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Safari, and Opera.

Supported browsers

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Render geometric or custom shapes using GeoJSON data.
  • Render maps from the map providers like Bing Maps, OpenStreetMap, and Google Maps.
  • Add markers on maps at the specified latitude and longitude.
  • Fast-paced performance on zooming and panning with elegant animation.
  • One of the best ASP.NET MVC Maps components on the market, offering a feature-rich UI.
  • Simple configuration and API.
  • Supports all modern browsers.
  • Touch-friendly and responsive.
  • Expansive learning resources such as demos and documentation help you learn quickly and get started fast.

You can find our ASP.NET MVC Maps library demo here. It demonstrates how to render and configure the Maps component.

No, this is a commercial product and requires a paid license. However, a free Community License is also available for companies and individuals whose organizations have less than $1 million USD in annual gross revenue, 5 or fewer developers, and 10 or fewer total employees.

A good place to start would be our comprehensive getting started documentation.

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