# Get Started

Jumpstart your mapmaking experience, bringing geospatial analytics and data science to your browser.

### **Get Started**

Jump into the Map SDK on your environment of choice.

- [Introduction](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/docs/studio-map-sdk-introduction)
- [Setup](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/docs/studio-map-sdk-setup-guide)
- [Authentication](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/docs/studio-map-sdk-authentication)

# Map SDK Guides

The Map SDK has many endpoints you can leverage to programmatically manipulate and embed maps.

### **Data**

Add, update, and remove datasets via the Map SDK.

- [Add Dataset](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/docs/studio-map-sdk-data-functions#add-dataset)
- [Get Dataset](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/docs/studio-map-sdk-data-functions#get_dataset_by_id)
- [Update Dataset](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/docs/studio-map-sdk-data-functions#update-dataset)
- [View All](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/docs/studio-map-sdk-data-functions)

### **Filters**

Apply filters across your dataset. Filters can also be used to explore temporal data through animation.

- [Add Filter](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/docs/studio-map-sdk-filter-functions#add-filter)
- [Get Filters](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/docs/studio-map-sdk-filter-functions#get-filter-by-id)
- [Update Filter](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/docs/studio-map-sdk-filter-functions#update-filter)
- [View All](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/docs/studio-map-sdk-filter-functions)

### **Layers**

Use layers to visualize geospatial data. Multiple layers can be added to a map, visualizing any number of datasets (or different aspects of the same dataset).

- [Add Layer](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/docs/studio-map-sdk-layer-functions#add-layer)
- [Get Layers](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/docs/studio-map-sdk-layer-functions#get-layers)
- [Update Layer](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/docs/studio-map-sdk-layer-functions#update-layer)
- [View All](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/docs/studio-map-sdk-layer-functions)

### **Maps**

Discover how to configure the map — the foundation for your Studio projects.

- [Create Map](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/docs/studio-map-sdk-map-functions#create-map)
- [Set Theme](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/docs/studio-map-sdk-map-functions#set-theme)
- [Get View Limits](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/docs/studio-map-sdk-map-functions#get-view-limits)
- [View All](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/docs/studio-map-sdk-map-functions)

### **Annotations**

Add labels with text and pointers to your maps.

- [Add Annotation](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/docs/studio-map-sdk-annotation-functions#add-annotation)
- [Update Annotation](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/docs/studio-map-sdk-annotation-functions#update-annotation)
- [Remove Annotation](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/docs/studio-map-sdk-annotation-functions#remove-annotation)
- [View All](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/docs/studio-map-sdk-annotation-functions)

# Reference Documentation

Looking for the exact details behind a class or function? Our reference documentation contains detailed tables defining each parameter in class definitions and function methods.

### **Reference Pages**

Find more detail in the reference documentation.

- [API Overview](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/docs/studio-map-sdk-api-overview)
- [Full Reference](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/docs/studio-map-sdk-api-reference)
- [Types/Classes Definitions](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/docs/studio-map-sdk-types)
- [Map/Layer Format Reference](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/docs/studio-map-layer-format)

# Product Support

### **Release Notes**

Discover the most recent improvements, including the addition of new functionality and other important changes.

- [Latest Release](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/docs/studio-map-sdk-changelog)

### **FAQs**

Get the answers to our most common questions regarding usage of the Developer Console and related topics.

- [Platform FAQs](https://location.foursquare.com/studio/docs/faq)
- [Troubleshooting](https://location.foursquare.com/studio/docs/troubleshooting)
- [Accounts](https://location.foursquare.com/studio/docs/accounts)

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