A Mapping and GIS Control/Component by Dundas Software

General Features

- Easy-to-use design-time wizards
- Serialize maps as XML or binary
- Save maps as image files (jpg, bmp, png, emf)
- Geographic grid and projections support
- Panning and zooming support
- Selection support
- Keyboard navigation and mouse wheel support - Windows Forms Edition only
- Gradient and hatch styles for all map elements
- Map layers Map Layers - Attach shapes and symbols to one, all, or no layers to control aspects of their visibility and behavior
- Tooltips for map elements - Use tooltips to add further information to maps. Use shapefile information fields to directly populate tooltips with pertinent information
- Print support - Windows Forms Edition only
- Over 50 detailed samples
- Visual Studio 2005 features - Full Visual Studio 2005 integration including support for Smart Tags and AJAX implementations for interactivity features

Map Visualization
- High performance viewport for display of map graphics
- Adjustable zoom range and zoom level
- Configurable frame border with variety of 3D styles

Map Wizard
- Predefined maps from a library of base maps Map Libraries - Comprehensive map libraries including detailed maps of many countries
- World and Continent Maps - A full library of customizable continent and world maps
- Detailed Country Maps including the USA and Canada
- Simplified configuration of map frames and viewports
- Customizable parallel and meridian grid lines
- Implementation of panning and zoom controls
- Configure color swatches, distance scales, and legends - Configure each aspect of the zoom, navigation, scale, swatch, and legend panels to match surrounding elements of your map-based applications
- Flexible wizard can be launched at any time

Map Import Features
- Support for the ESRI shapefile format - the industry leading standard
- Import ESRI shapefiles (.shp) using a design-time wizard
- Automatic naming of map elements through data field association
- Select multiple data attribute columns for rich map

Map Projections
- Support for ten of the most widely used map projections
- Fully configurable projection parameters such as projection center
- Configure the projection type and centre of projection - using coordinates - to achieve the desired map
- Switch projections at any time, including runtime

Navigation Controls
- Panning and zoom controls with repeat capability
- Mouse wheel zooming - Windows Forms Edition only
- Keyboard panning and zooming - Windows Forms Edition only

Data Grouping and Classification
- Classify map elements using data grouping algorithms to remove the work associated with dividing map elements into groups
- Group or classify elements into equal intervals, equal distribution etc
- Automatically assign colors or symbols for each data class
- Automatically assign of colors and predefined symbols to maps using shape rules in conjunction with data fields. Three data grouping algorithms exist to expedite this process

Data Binding
- Bind map elements with database tables
- Automatically classify and configure map elements based on column values
- Support for a wide variety of data sources including SQL and MDB

Legend Features
- Customizable legend titles
- Multi-column legends
- Customized cells for full customization of all legend elements
- Interlaced rows
- Multiple legends per map for increased data potential

Advanced Features
- Apply simplification algorithms to maps to use only the level of detail needed
- Full programmatic access to map elements including shapes and paths