# Performance

**URL:** <https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/performance/52>\
**Category:** GIS Editor\
**Created:** [March 28, 2013, 10:30am UTC](https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/performance/52 "2013-03-28T10:30:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Robert2](https://community.thinkgeo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Robert2](https://community.thinkgeo.com/u/Robert2)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 10:30am UTC](https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/performance/52/1 "2013-03-28T10:30:04Z")

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Hi,

Is&nbsp;the&nbsp;editor&nbsp;performance&nbsp;similar&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;WPF&nbsp;api?

We&nbsp;are&nbsp;current&nbsp;reviewing&nbsp;the&nbsp;availiable&nbsp;api's&nbsp;out&nbsp;there&nbsp;and&nbsp;are&nbsp;currently&nbsp;looking&nbsp;at&nbsp;map&nbsp;suite.

I'm&nbsp;finding&nbsp;the&nbsp;performance&nbsp;a&nbsp;little&nbsp;underwhelming&nbsp;though.&nbsp;Certainly&nbsp;not&nbsp;on&nbsp;par&nbsp;with&nbsp;Arc&nbsp;or&nbsp;QGIS.

Or&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;performance&nbsp;down&nbsp;to&nbsp;this&nbsp;being&nbsp;a&nbsp;beta&nbsp;version?&nbsp;Are&nbsp;there&nbsp;any&nbsp;settings&nbsp;to&nbsp;improve&nbsp;the&nbsp;performance,&nbsp;or&nbsp;at&nbsp;least&nbsp;tweek&nbsp;it?

Thanks,

Rob

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**Author:** ![Johnny](https://community.thinkgeo.com/user_avatar/community.thinkgeo.com/johnny/32/19044_2.png) [@Johnny](https://community.thinkgeo.com/u/Johnny)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 3:24am UTC](https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/performance/52/2 "2013-03-29T03:24:08Z")

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&nbsp;Hi&nbsp;Robert,

Thanks&nbsp;for&nbsp;evaluating&nbsp;our&nbsp;products&nbsp;and&nbsp;welcome&nbsp;to&nbsp;Map&nbsp;Suite&nbsp;discussion&nbsp;forum.

Map&nbsp;Suite&nbsp;GisEditor&nbsp;is&nbsp;created&nbsp;based&nbsp;on&nbsp;WpfEdition&nbsp;product,&nbsp;but&nbsp;we&nbsp;did&nbsp;lots&nbsp;of&nbsp;performance&nbsp;optimization&nbsp;here,&nbsp;also&nbsp;some&nbsp;potential&nbsp;options&nbsp;that&nbsp;we&nbsp;can&nbsp;set&nbsp;to&nbsp;improve&nbsp;the&nbsp;performance&nbsp;further&nbsp;are&nbsp;provided,&nbsp;it&nbsp;can&nbsp;be&nbsp;opened&nbsp;following&nbsp;the&nbsp;steps&nbsp;as&nbsp;following:

  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Open&nbsp;“Option”&nbsp;menu&nbsp;item,&nbsp;just&nbsp;like&nbsp;below:
  

  

 ![](https://community.thinkgeo.com/uploads/default/original/2X/5/5ae826c1475ee535fb3a5b9b96aded15cc25b6db.PNG)

  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Switch&nbsp;to&nbsp;“Content”&nbsp;item,&nbsp;change&nbsp;the&nbsp;setting&nbsp;like&nbsp;the&nbsp;picture&nbsp;as&nbsp;below:
  

  

 ![](https://community.thinkgeo.com/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e256da2d88a22e58ab7ef7cd5762b8d717aa55af.PNG)&nbsp;

Of&nbsp;course,&nbsp;you&nbsp;can&nbsp;change&nbsp;it&nbsp;based&nbsp;on&nbsp;your&nbsp;requirements.&nbsp;&nbsp;After&nbsp;all&nbsp;these&nbsp;changes,&nbsp;it&nbsp;should&nbsp;be&nbsp;much&nbsp;faster.&nbsp;

Both&nbsp;of&nbsp;ArcGis&nbsp;and&nbsp;QGIS&nbsp;are&nbsp;based&nbsp;on&nbsp;native&nbsp;C&nbsp;for&nbsp;drawing,&nbsp;technically,&nbsp;it&nbsp;should&nbsp;be&nbsp;a&nbsp;bit&nbsp;faster&nbsp;than&nbsp;a&nbsp;managed&nbsp;application,&nbsp;such&nbsp;as&nbsp;GisEditor,&nbsp;just&nbsp;like&nbsp;there&nbsp;is&nbsp;no&nbsp;way&nbsp;an&nbsp;application&nbsp;written&nbsp;in&nbsp;C&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;faster&nbsp;than&nbsp;one&nbsp;written&nbsp;in&nbsp;assembler.&nbsp;GisEditor&nbsp;also&nbsp;did&nbsp;some&nbsp;balance&nbsp;between&nbsp;performance&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;user&nbsp;experience,&nbsp;for&nbsp;example,&nbsp;to&nbsp;provide&nbsp;the&nbsp;easy-use&nbsp;API,&nbsp;GisEditor&nbsp;strictly&nbsp;follows&nbsp;the&nbsp;Microsoft&nbsp;Design&nbsp;GuideLine,&nbsp;and&nbsp;to&nbsp;make&nbsp;sure&nbsp;the&nbsp;users&nbsp;can&nbsp;get&nbsp;the&nbsp;error&nbsp;earlier,&nbsp;there&nbsp;are&nbsp;lots&nbsp;of&nbsp;validators&nbsp;in&nbsp;GisEditor&nbsp;as&nbsp;well,&nbsp;all&nbsp;these&nbsp;I&nbsp;guess&nbsp;will&nbsp;cause&nbsp;the&nbsp;GisEditor&nbsp;is&nbsp;not&nbsp;faster&nbsp;than&nbsp;native&nbsp;C.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Hope&nbsp;it&nbsp;helps.

Thanks,

Johnny

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**Author:** ![David](https://community.thinkgeo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@David](https://community.thinkgeo.com/u/David)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 8:04am UTC](https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/performance/52/3 "2013-04-19T08:04:08Z")

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Robert,&nbsp;  
&nbsp;&nbsp;  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To&nbsp;add&nbsp;to&nbsp;that&nbsp;there&nbsp;are&nbsp;a&nbsp;bunch&nbsp;of&nbsp;other&nbsp;rendering&nbsp;performance&nbsp;things&nbsp;we&nbsp;can&nbsp;do&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;WPF&nbsp;Edition&nbsp;if&nbsp;we&nbsp;know&nbsp;your&nbsp;scenarios.&nbsp;&nbsp;With&nbsp;the&nbsp;GIS&nbsp;Editor&nbsp;we&nbsp;had&nbsp;to&nbsp;make&nbsp;it&nbsp;general&nbsp;purpose&nbsp;so&nbsp;that&nbsp;slows&nbsp;things&nbsp;down&nbsp;a&nbsp;bit.&nbsp;&nbsp;I&nbsp;will&nbsp;say&nbsp;that&nbsp;the&nbsp;way&nbsp;we&nbsp;do&nbsp;tiling&nbsp;makes&nbsp;our&nbsp;system&nbsp;faster&nbsp;the&nbsp;Arc&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;number&nbsp;of&nbsp;complex&nbsp;scenarios.&nbsp;&nbsp;We&nbsp;are&nbsp;mostly&nbsp;slower&nbsp;when&nbsp;the&nbsp;density&nbsp;is&nbsp;low&nbsp;for&nbsp;new&nbsp;areas.&nbsp;  
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&nbsp;David