First I would examine this:
http://www.codeplex.com/SharpMap
It is an open source GIS "framework" that works on the .NET Framework 2.0.
They are going to release SharpMap 2.0 soon. The info is here:
http://tinyurl.com/3357uf
There are many other GIS products out there. It really depends on what you
are trying to accomplish. For pure mapping, Google maps (MapQuest/Yahoo,
etc.) may be the ticket. For more in depth dicing of information on maps,
you will likely want a framework.
Other .NET GIS bits
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Open Source
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Gecko.NET (
http://www.svggis.com/geckonet.aspx)
Geotools.NET (
http://geotoolsnet.sourceforge.net/Default.html)
NetTopologySuite (
http://nts.sourceforge.net/)
SharpShape (
http://sourceforge.net/projects/sharpshape)
This last one is more for working with shape files than mapping
Commercial
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GIS.NET from GeoFrameworks (
www.geoframeworks.com)
Geobase (
www.geobase.info)
CarnacGIS.Net (
http://tinyurl.com/y2ftsl)
Dundas Map for .NET (
http://tinyurl.com/32dgo5)
ArcGIS (
http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/index.html)
Manifold System (
http://www.manifold.net/index.shtml)
AnyMap (
http://tinyurl.com/289zdd)
MapDotNet (
http://www.mapdotnet.com/Pages2.0/Index.aspx)
MapMatrix Server (
http://tinyurl.com/27ljb3)
Note that map vendors, like TeleAtlas have developers networks
(
http://tinyurl.com/2h72fk), as does ESRI (
http://edn.esri.com/).
If you want LBS (Location Based Services), AT&T is now in that game, as well
as other carriers. AT&T recently went beta with some LBS bits. It is hard to
get into their program very deep at this time, as it is invite only.
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"Randy" <te**@temp.comwrote in message
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Does anyone know of a good GIS plugin for VS 2005?
Thanks