MapWindow GIS

The contents below are all included in the June 2008 MapWindow CD
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MapWindow GIS Desktop Application and ActiveX Component

Product	Description
MapWindow GIS 4.5 (Stable Release)	The most recent "Stable Release" of MapWindow GIS desktop application. It has a feature set that was locked on June 9, 2008.

MapWindow GIS 4.4 (Stable Release)	The previous release of MapWindow GIS desktop application used in the BASINS software and also documented in the book, "A Practical Look at MapWindow GIS" - both of which are provided in links below.

MapWindow GIS 4.5 Common Files	The common files installer is useful for installing just the basic MapWindow GIS components to the program files/common files folder. This is useful for including in a larger installer when you are using MapWindow components in your own application.

MapWindow GIS 4.5 ActiveX Installer	Redistributable installer for just the MapWinGIS.ocx ActiveX control and dependencies. Useful for including in your own application installer when you just need the MapWinGIS.ocx file and its dependencies.

MapWindow GIS Documentation and Tutorials

Product	Description
Book: A Practical Look at MapWindow GIS (1st Edition)	This is an introductory book with step by step tutorials for using the end user MapWindow GIS desktop application by Gary Watry and Dan Ames.

Book: MapWinGIS Reference Manual	A function guide for the MapWinGIS ActiveX component by Dan Ames.

Book: Getting Started with the MapWinGIS ActiveX Control	A short primer on getting started programming using the MapWinGIS ActiveX control in VB.NET by Dan Ames

Tutorial: MapWindow GIS ActiveX Control Sample Project: Data Visualization Tool	An even shorter tutorial on how to build a simple GIS data visualization tool using the MapWinGIS ActiveX control in VB.NET by Chris Michaelis.

Tutorial: MapWindow Plug-in Development Sample Project: Simple Path Analyzer Plug-in	Step by step instructions for building a MapWindow GIS plug-in (i.e. an extension to the desktop MapWindow application) by Allen Anselmo.

Demonstration Code: MapWinGIS ActiveX Based Stand Alone Application	Sample VB.NET code demonstrating a stand alone application using the MapWinGIS ActiveX component to compute hiking path difficulties.

Demonstration Code: A Plug-in For Analyzing Hiking Path Difficulty	Sample VB.NET code demonstrating building a plug-in for the MapWindow desktop application to compute hiking path difficulties.

EPA's Better Assessment Science Integrating Point and Non-point Sources (BASINS)

Product	Description
BASINS Installer	Better Assessment Science Integrating Point and Nonpoint Sources (BASINS) is a US EPA sponsored watershed modeling and analysis system built on MapWindow GIS.

BASINS 4.0 Fact Sheet	Summary information about BASINS 4.0

Official BASINS Web Site	Link to the official BASINS web site on EPA.gov.

MapWindow Plug-ins

Product	Description
Please visit the MapWindow.org download page for more plug-ins and utilities.	Including: Safety Software Suite for transportation engineers Shape2Earth for integrating with Google Earth DXF to Shapefile Converter AutoCAD Layer Exporter UMN MapServer Exporter Online Data Plug-in for WFS and WMS services Bayesian Analysis Plug-in using SMILE GPS and Sampling Tools WayPoint+ to Shapefile Converter Georeferencing Tool MonoComp for image analysis CSV to Shapefile Converter Time Analysis of Census Data and more...