• The MapWindow GIS project overview is a general introduction the project.
• A brief history of the MapWindow project, including project goals and key contributors.
• List (and disambiguation) of the major components of the MapWindow project.
• Read about why MapWindow was developed.
• Frequently asked questions about the MapWindow project: FAQ.
• Unsolicited user feedback from MapWindow users.

Note: all software listed below is licensed under free and open source licenses except where noted. Also, some of the links below will take you to external web sites on the Microsoft CodePlex.com system where the software is hosted.

• MapWindow 4 Desktop documentation - A full online user manual for MapWindow 4.x is being created here. This link also includes links to online video training resources for MapWindow 4.x.
• MapWindow 6 Alpha documentation - A work in progress based on the DotSpatial libraries.
• HydroDesktop documentation - A client interface to the National Science Foundation Hydrologic Information System by CUAHSI.
• DotSpatialApp documentation - A test implementation of DotSpatial libraries using some proprietary components.

• Write plugins for MapWindow 4 based applications.
• MapWinGIS ActiveX Control documentation - This is the core of the MapWindow 4 Desktop software and can be used in custom GIS enabled software.
• DotSpatial Library documentation - DotSpatial is a library that is intended to add GIS capabilites to any Microsoft DotNet based application.