Key Features

MapObjects includes these powerful features:

On-the-Fly Projection

Users can combine data from any projection into a common projection for viewing and analysis. Also, any map layer can be exported into a new projection. To optimize your ability to create a wide variety of projections in a minimal amount of time, MapObjects is now integrated with ESRI's ArcInfo projection engine.

Unparalleled Data Support

MapObjects offers direct support for a wide variety of data sources such as

• Standard GIS formats—ArcInfo coverages, ESRI shapefiles, and ESRI GRID
• Computer-aided design (CAD) formats (DGN, DXF, and DWG), CAD world files, and AutoCAD 2000 DWG files
• Access to external databases through ActiveX Data Objects (ADO), Data Access Objects (DAO), and Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)
• Image catalogs, plus a variety of image formats such as GeoTIFF, TIFF, JPEG, GIF, ERDAS, and MrSID
• ESRI's ArcView StreetMap for geocoding
• ArcSDE (ESRI's Spatial Database Engine) databases
• Common military formats such as Vector Product Format (VPF) and ASRP/Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Standard Raster Product (USRP)

Advanced Data Handling

MapObjects provides powerful spatial and attribute filters to optimize performance. As an option, developers can access the ArcSDE application program interface (API) directly from MapObjects applications. MapObjects also supports image transparency, display, and output, as well as the rotation of both vector and raster data layers.

State-of-the-Art Geocoding Capabilities

MapObjects lets you do quick and accurate address matching including international addresses and reject processing. With StreetMap support, you can read, display, and geocode a street address from the highly compressed StreetMap database. StreetMap files cover the entire United States and include features such as local landmarks, streets, parks, and water bodies.
Note: To read the compressed StreetMap database, you need to have a StreetMap development license. You can purchase the StreetMap Developers Kit, which includes a StreetMap development license and 50 deployments, from the GIS Store.

More Key Features

• Support for Web-based mapping
• Enhanced GPS management
• Geometric functions
• Run-time deployment utility
• Versioning capabilities
• Helpful controls
• Rich set of powerful mapping and GIS component tools
• Feature rendering using thematic methods
• Feature attribute selection and query
• Internationalization