The Thinkmap SDK is designed to allow developers to rapidly implement solutions. It reduces complexity through a well-considered separation of concerns. Developers of Thinkmap applications can focus on the visualization of their information, and not worry about the exact mechanisms that make it work in a seamless fashion.

Assuming the data is properly structured, a developer can typically produce a fully functional, data-rich Thinkmap in under a week. In the context of a very large project, the development cycle can be a few months.

If you want to use Thinkmap in your application, or for more information about the professional services we offer, please contact our sales department at salesthinkmap.com , call 212-285-8600, or see our licensing page.

There are three versions of the Thinkmap SDK available: Standard, which provides developers with the full capability to customize the Thinkmap visualization component, Professional, which includes the ability to access the datasource API and Flex, which offers a more flexible licensing model. The Standard Edition is perfect for those who are interested in experimenting with Thinkmap or using it for fairly straightforward Web applications. The Professional Edition is necessary for most integration with existing legacy systems or if it is necessary to provide different levels of access to the data. The Flex Edition is used by those who have complex deployment needs, and who need flexibility in deployment.

If you are interested in purchasing Thinkmap for use in your application, or for more information about the professional services we offer, please contact our sales department at
salesthinkmap.com , call 212-285-8600, or see our licensing information.

In selected cases we make the Standard Edition SDK available with a limited term license for research and development purposes only. If you have an interest in evaluating the Thinkmap software, please fill out the form on this page.

Through our partners, we offer complementary professional services to help our clients implement Thinkmap. Such services include training, data analysis, information architecture consulting, interface design, development, integration, and deployment services.

Thinkmap is a suite of loosely coupled components that together give users the ability to visually navigate, organize, and manipulate large data sets. For more general technical information about Thinkmap, please see the architecture page.

The Thinkmap API is designed to allow developers to rapidly implement customized solutions. The Standard Edition comes plug-and-play connectors to JDBC databases and flat files. Customers who license the professional edition get access to an API to easily integrate Thinkmap with web services, non-standardized data sources, and proprietary software.

Thinkmap does not find relationships in data per se. Low-level data relationships are defined as part of developing a Thinkmap application, and Thinkmap then depicts the relationships. It is in these depictions, however, that users oftentimes discover relationships, patterns, and meanings in the data that would otherwise not have been apparent. Thinkmap visualizations can reveal these subtle connections in the data.

With Thinkmap, the developer (and the user) sets the rules for how the information is displayed. These rules can be complex, and are based on properties of the data. As the data is laid out, patterns emerge, and a user can then make decisions as to which parts of the data should be explored further.

The Thinkmap Server is 100% Java and runs on all platforms that support Java, including Mac OSX, Unix, and Windows. Thinkmap uses Java's Servlet API to communicate with any standard Web server — such as Apache or IIS. Thinkmap's server-side component will run under any valid JVM. If your server is accessing a relational database, the JDBC drivers must be pure Java or native for the chosen platform.

The Visualization Component uses HTML5 for rendering, and is completely browser based, needing no plugins. The client component functions on all modern browsers that support HTML5 including those on browsers and mobile phones.

Thinkmap is built to work with extremely large databases in situations with multiple simultaneous users. The server component is very efficient, but if additional server power is needed, it's a straightforward process to load balance a Thinkmap application.

Thinkmap can be connected to virtually any data source, and can show relationships and data properties for a nearly unlimited number of data types. Thinkmap is standards-based, and works well within most standard application server environments. The technology has been deployed as a front-end to a variety of enterprise systems, including document management systems, customer relationship management systems, digital asset management systems, and automatic classification engines. Since the visualization component utilizes HTML5, a developer who has experience working with HTML has almost complete control over look-and-feel and behavior.

Since the Thinkmap Visualization component is 100% browser based (using HTML5), it's easy to integrate Thinkmap with a web application. One or more Thinkmaps, and they may communicate amongst themselves or other components of the Web page. Thinkmaps access data in enterprise applications and back-end databases via the server component of Thinkmap, which may access SQL, XML or Web Services data.

Yes. The Thinkmap SDK includes comprehensive configuration files, API, a full template/example, complete documentation, datasource adapters for relational databases, XML, and flat files, and a library of traditional user interface elements that can be used as components in a Thinkmap application.

A developer using the SDK should have a basic understanding of JavaScript (and ideally experience working with other JavaScript frameworks), and a good understanding of HTML. If you are using our server, someone on the team should know how to deploy Java web applications.