DotNetProjects

This page is a list of open source projects that work in a C# / .NET world. Feel free to update/add...

• SharpMap
  • http://www.codeplex.com/SharpMap
  • "Open Source Mapping Engine for .Net 2.0"
  • GNU LGPL
  • uses NTS

• GDAL/OGR
  • has C# bindings

• MapServer/MapScript
  • has C# bindings

• MapWindow
  • http://www.mapwindow.org/
  • this appears to be a GIS with an associated ActiveX control underneath
  • OCX wraps GDAL
  • might have appropriate component-based interfaces for others to adopt
  • Mozilla Public License 1.1
  • v5 reportedly under development and based on straight C#/WPF

• MsSqlSpatial
  • http://www.codeplex.com/MsSqlSpatial
  • .NET assembly which enables a OGC geodatabase model (SFS) on MS SQL Server 2005
  • How to configure a MapServer to access MsSqlSpatial

• NetTopologySuite (NTS)
  • http://code.google.com/p/nettopologysuite/
  • http://sourceforge.net/projects/nts
  • implementation of JTS in C#

• monoGIS
  • http://www.monogis.org/
  • "The aim of the present monoGIS project is to implement a complete GIS system on top of the new, industry-proven Mono platform. Instead of the many other approaches, which try to build a system from scratch, monoGIS is focused on already existing pieces."
  • uses GDAL, NTS, GeoTools.NET, etc

• GeoTools.NET
  • http://geotoolsnet.sourceforge.net/Index.html
  • appears to be an NTS port, but unrelated to the above one
  • I don't think it is related to the well-known GeoTools kit at http://geotools.codehaus.org/

• FDO
  • FDO has .Net wrappers (equivalent to its c++ API)
  • http://fdo.osgeo.org/
  • LGPL

• MapGuide
  • MapGuide has an ASP.Net Web Tier API (along with PHP and Java)
  • http://mapguide.osgeo.org/
  • LGPL

• NASA WorldWind
  • the original version was done in C#

• NHibernate.Spatial
  • "Spatial extensions for NHibernate, allows you to connect NHibernate to a spatially enabled database and manipulate geometries in HQL or in .NET code using NetTopologySuite, providing you with a fully integrated GIS programming experience."
  • http://www.codeplex.com/NHibernateSpatial
  • LGPL

• Proj.Net
  • "A .NET 2.0 library that performs point-to-point coordinate conversions between coordinate systems. The spatiel reference model used adheres to the Simple Features specification."
  • http://www.codeplex.com/ProjNET
  • LGPL

• Punt
  • http://punt.sourceforge.net/new_svn/index.html
  • "Punt is a Open Source multi-language Windows desktop application that allows the user to view the terrain of any world in 3D. Using open standards Punt can make use of data from the Internet combined with local data in common GIS-compatible formats."