Creating new layers in SHARPMAP

You must use "custom them" for the color of each state and "label layer" for the name of the state

First you need to define one delegate method. The delegate takes a FeatureDataRow parameter as a parameter and you can handle custom styling

eg

private SharpMap.Styles.VectorStyle GetCountryStyle(SharpMap.Data.FeatureDataRow row)
{
    SharpMap.Styles.VectorStyle style = new SharpMap.Styles.VectorStyle();
    switch (row["NAME"].ToString().ToLower())
    {
        case "denmark": //If country name is Danmark, fill it with green
            style.Fill = Brushes.Green;
            return style;
        case "united states": //If country name is USA, fill it with Blue and add a red outline
            style.Fill = Brushes.Blue;
            style.Outline = Pens.Red;
            return style;
        case "china": //If country name is China, fill it with red
            style.Fill = Brushes.Red;
            return style;
        default:
            break;
    }
    //If country name starts with S make it yellow
    if (row["NAME"].ToString().StartsWith("S"))
    {
        style.Fill = Brushes.Yellow;
        return style;
    }
    // If geometry is a (multi)polygon and the area of the polygon is less than 30, make it cyan
    else if (row.Geometry is GeoAPI.Geometries.IPolygonal && row.Geometry.Area < 30)
    {
        style.Fill = Brushes.Cyan;
        return style;
    }
    else //None of the above -> Use the default style
        return null;
}

      

        
        
        
      

    

and then set the Theme property of your layer to this method

SharpMap.Rendering.Thematics.CustomTheme myTheme = new SharpMap.Rendering.Thematics.CustomTheme(GetCountryStyle);
myVectorLayer.Theme = myTheme ;

      

        
        
        
      

    

and for the label layer you should have a new layer defined by LabelLayer for example

//Name of table in database
string tablename = "Roads"; 
//Name of object ID column - MUST be integer!
string idColumn = "gid";

//Create layer
SharpMap.Layers.VectorLayer layRoads= new SharpMap.Layers.VectorLayer("Roads");
layRoads.DataSource = datasource;
//Set up a road label layer
SharpMap.Layers.LabelLayer layRoadLabel = new SharpMap.Layers.LabelLayer("Road labels");
//Set the datasource to that of layRoads.
layRoadLabel.DataSource = layRoads.DataSource;
layRoadLabel.Enabled = true;
//Specifiy field that contains the label string.
layRoadLabel.LabelColumn = "RoadOfName";

//Add layer to map
myMap.Layers.Add(layRoads);
//Add label layer to map
myMap.Layers.Add(layRoadLabel); 

      

        
        
        
      

    

reports everything here