<s>
MapDotNet	B-Application
is	O
a	O
suite	O
of	O
geographic	B-Application
information	I-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
GIS	B-Application
)	O
software	O
products	O
developed	O
by	O
ISC	O
that	O
run	O
on	O
Microsoft	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GIS	B-Application
software	I-Application
competes	O
with	O
ESRI	O
and	O
MapInfo	O
GIS	B-Application
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MapDotNet	B-Application
UX	O
is	O
the	O
latest	O
generation	O
and	O
consists	O
of	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
WCF	O
web	O
services	O
for	O
rendering	O
map	O
images	O
and	O
tiles	O
and	O
for	O
performing	O
spatial	O
analysis	O
and	O
editing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UX	O
includes	O
an	O
SDK	B-Application
for	O
developing	O
rich	O
interactive	O
mapping	O
applications	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Silverlight	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Device
Presentation	I-Device
Foundation	I-Device
and	O
HTML5	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MapDotNet	B-Application
UX	O
also	O
includes	O
an	O
Extract	O
,	O
Transform	O
&	O
Load	O
(	O
ETL	O
)	O
,	O
map	O
design	O
and	O
tile	O
cache	O
creation	O
tool	O
called	O
Studio	O
modeled	O
after	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Expression	O
series	O
of	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MapDotNet	B-Application
UX	O
renderer	O
is	O
built	O
on	O
WPF	O
and	O
consumes	O
spatial	O
data	O
from	O
multiple	O
sources	O
including	O
Shapefiles	O
,	O
PostGIS	B-Application
,	O
ArcSDE	B-Application
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
Spatial	I-Application
,	O
SQL	B-Application
Azure	I-Application
,	O
SQL	O
Server	O
2008	O
R2	O
and	O
SQL	O
Server	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MapDotNet	B-Application
UX	O
Studio	O
is	O
a	O
Windows	O
desktop	O
application	O
created	O
for	O
designing	O
interactive	O
maps	O
in	O
Silverlight	B-Application
and	O
WPF	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
AJAX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
utilities	O
for	O
tile	O
cache	O
management	O
and	O
spatial	O
data	O
transfer	O
,	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
Microsoft	O
SQL	O
Server	O
2008	O
,	O
Shapefiles	O
,	O
PostGIS	B-Application
and	O
ArcSDE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MapDotNet	B-Application
UX	O
Studio	O
is	O
developed	O
using	O
Windows	O
Presentation	O
Framework	O
(	O
WPF	O
)	O
,	O
that	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
look	O
and	O
feel	O
like	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
Expression	O
suite	O
of	O
applications	O
including	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Expression	I-Application
Blend	I-Application
,	O
and	O
is	O
meant	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
design	O
maps	O
and	O
manage	O
geospatial	O
platform	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Studio	O
includes	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
data	O
and	O
maps	O
on	O
a	O
server	O
that	O
has	O
the	O
MapDotNet	B-Application
UX	O
Web	O
Services	O
installed	O
,	O
or	O
locally	O
on	O
your	O
workstation	O
without	O
an	O
active	O
connection	O
to	O
a	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MapDotNet	B-Application
UX	O
Web	O
Services	O
combines	O
WCF-based	O
Web	O
Services	O
and	O
the	O
WPF	O
Map	O
and	O
Tile	O
Renderer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MapDotNet	B-Application
UX	O
SDK	B-Application
contains	O
WPF	O
and	O
Silverlight	B-Application
4.0	O
controls	O
and	O
an	O
extensive	O
class	O
library	O
for	O
.NET	O
4.0	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
an	O
HTML5	B-Application
map	O
control	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MapDotNet	B-Application
UX	O
Engine	O
is	O
composed	O
of	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
.NET	O
assemblies	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
linked	O
in	O
to	O
Windows	O
desktop	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Engine	O
includes	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
core	O
functionality	O
of	O
the	O
MapDotNet	B-Application
UX	O
Web	O
Services	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
appropriate	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
desktop	O
applications	O
which	O
need	O
to	O
operate	O
in	O
a	O
disconnected	O
state	O
,	O
without	O
an	O
Internet	O
or	O
network	O
connection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MapDotNet	B-Application
UX	O
provides	O
direct	O
support	O
for	O
Microsoft	O
Bing	O
Maps	O
,	O
Web	B-Application
Map	I-Application
Service	I-Application
(	O
WMS	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
OpenStreetMap	O
(	O
OSM	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maps	O
from	O
any	O
of	O
these	O
services	O
can	O
be	O
visualized	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
or	O
under	O
any	O
other	O
support	O
map	O
type	O
using	O
MapDotNet	B-Application
UX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MapDotNet	B-Application
product	O
line	O
is	O
developed	O
,	O
sold	O
and	O
supported	O
by	O
ISC	O
,	O
a	O
Florida	O
corporation	O
.	O
</s>
