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Good GIS software or components for Windows PCs in .NET?

Last week I was looking for good free or open source solutions and a component for GIS (Geographic Information Systems). I founded some system, but no one filled my requirements.

  • SharpMap is a very bad software.
  • Gmap.net is very slow
  • MapWindow has a very complex structure and is very buggy.

I founded uDIG, but in java, I need a solution in vb.net or C #.

Does anyone know a good solution that fills my requirements or has alternatives, do I make decisions?

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You limit yourself by insisting on .NET. I know nothing but SharpMap or MapWinGIS ActiveX (MapWindow). Here are some free, but not .NET, options for Windows desktop applications.

If you want to write your stand-alone application in Python or C ++:

Or if you want to write a plugin or configure for an existing GIS:

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I think you already covered it. There really is not any open source GIS project using C #. Currently, most of the good work is done in Java, C / C ++, or Python. If you should use the .NET Framework, I think the best one is SharpMap.

Otherwise, you need to see the commercial products of companies such as http://www.esri.com . Of course, it also depends on what you need: web services, Windows Forms management, WPF, etc. In the past, I managed to crack some C # that built the correct XML to send to the Java server, so you can look at something like GeoServer and create your own client. Obviously, not what you want to get, but I don’t see that you have many options other than those that you indicated.

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I would recommend a look at MapAround.

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Have you checked SharpMap? It is available at codeplex .

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MapSurfer.NET might be a good option.

MapSurfer.NET is a free, state-of-the-art mapping structure capable of providing maps of superior cartographic quality. This structure supports the linking of spatial data formats (for example, Shape, PostgreSQL, OSM files, etc.) and web services (for example, CartoDB, Mapzen, etc.). In addition, its configuration includes the MapSurfer.NET Studio application, which allows you to create and edit map styles (similar to TileMill). Its symbolism is inspired by both OGC specifications and other similar tools such as MapServer, GeoServer or Mapnik.

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