1. LuciadLightspeed
  2. Getting Started
  3. Basic application

Getting Started: Basic application

Get started with the LuciadLightspeed API and write your first application.

This page contains a number of tutorials illustrating how you can write your first application using LuciadLightspeed API basics.

Basics

Create your first 2D/3D map application

Build your first LuciadLightspeed application that loads data and allows you to navigate the globe using a hardware-accelerated map.

Add raster data to the map

Learn more about adding raster-type data to a Lightspeed map

Add vector data to the map

Learn more about adding vector-type data to a Lightspeed map

Use the navigation controllers

Learn more about the default navigation controller

Add a UI widget for layer management

Manage your layers from the UI

Switch between a 2D and a 3D map

Add a button for switching between a 2D and a 3D map

Reference guides