MapGuide Open Source

MapGuide Open Source

MapGuide Open Source is a web-based platform that enables users to develop and deploy web mapping applications and geospatial web services. MapGuide features an interactive viewer that includes support for feature selection, property inspection, map tips, and operations such as buffer, select within, and measure. MapGuide includes an XML database for managing content, and supports most popular geospatial file formats, databases, and standards. MapGuide can be deployed on Linux or Windows, supports Apache and IIS web servers, and offers extensive PHP, .NET, Java, and JavaScript APIs for application development. MapGuide Open Source is licensed under the LGPL.

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Open Source, Open Standards

MapGuide Open Source is licensed under the LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License). Our License FAQ provides more information on our license and on our policies regarding the application of the license. 

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AJAX based MapGuide Viewer The AJAX Viewer provides map display and interaction in almost any browser, including Safari, without having to download a browser plug-in. This viewer ensures that any user on any platform can access designs and maps without requiring a specific browser.

DWF based MapGuide Viewer The DWF Viewer uses an ActiveX control to provide map display and interaction on Windows systems running Internet Explorer. This gives users powerful yet lightweight viewing of maps, designs, and related data. Use of DWF technology also provides high quality printing and plotting, as well as support for a “disconnected mode” that makes it easy to take spatial data into the field.

Spatial Analysis and Reporting MapGuide Open Source includes a full suite of geospatial analysis capabilities – here, creating buffer zones around a selected parcel.

MapGuide Maestro MapGuide Maestro is a free application that can ease the management of spatial data in MapGuide Open Source. It is an open source GUI tool and client.

Autodesk MapGuide Studio Autodesk MapGuide Studio is designed to work with MapGuide Open Source. It is a complete authoring application that can be used to load and configure spatial data sources, produce attractive thematic maps, define the user interface elements present in the viewer, and integrate application logic written in PHP, ASP.NET, or JSP.

Google Earth as a MapGuide Client MapGuide Open Source can use Google Earth as a client by taking advantage of Google Earth's Network Links feature and the MapGuide Web API's. Here we see parcel boundaries served from a MapGuide Open Source web service and delivered as a KML file to Google Earth for display with other map data.

Web Based Site Admin Application MapGuide Open Source includes a browser-based tool that allows remote administration and configuration of servers.

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