:Author: Paul Meems, TopX Geo-ICT The Netherlands (RST conversion)
:Reviewer: Cameron Shorter, LISAsoft
:Product: MapWindow GIS Lite
:Version: osgeo-live8.5
:License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported  (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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  :target: http://www.mapwindow.org
 
MapWindow GIS Lite
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Desktop GIS
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MapWindow GIS is a Windows based, Open Source GIS client where you can visualize, 
manage, edit, analyse data, and compose printable maps.
It includes powerful analytical functions through integration with GEOS and GDAL/OGR (v2).
MapWindow is easy to incorporate into MS-Office based products such as MS-Excel 
and MS-Access, as well as programs written in C++, C#, VB.NET and Delphi, 
as MapWindow is based upon an ActiveX control called MapWinGIS.
MapWindow Open Source GIS Lite, based on MapWinGIS v4.9.3. 

The MapWindow Lite version installed on OSGeo-Live doesn't include all MapWindow Desktop functionality (such as 
toolbox, plug-ins, fully functional shapefile editor, or support for PostGIS). 

.. note:: MapWindow requires installation on a Microsoft Windows system before it can be run. 
Installation files are included on the full ISO version of `OSGeo-Live <http://live.osgeo.org>`_ or may be 
downloaded from http://mapwindow4.codeplex.com/releases.
   
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Core Features
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* Friendly graphical user interface:

    * identify/select features,
    * on the fly projection,
    * feature labeling,
    * change vector and raster symbology,
    * shapefile editor,
    * geodatabase support,        
    * and more ...

* Easy viewing of many vector and raster formats:

    * most vector formats: including ESRI shapefiles, MapInfo, SDTS and GML,
    * raster formats such as digital elevation models, aerial photography or landsat imagery,
    * Tiles services, like OpenStreetMap, MapQuest Aerial, Bing Maps.
 
* ActiveX control:

    | Uses an ActiveX control written in C++. This control can be used in custom 
    | applications written in languages like C#, C++, vB.NET and Delphi,  
    | and can be used in MS-Office products like MS-Access and MS-Excel.

Implemented Standards
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* OGC Standards: 
    * TMS
    * Web Map Tile Service (WMTS)
    * GML    

Details
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**Website:** http://www.mapwindow.org

**Code repository:** https://mapwingis.codeplex.com

**Licence:** MPLv1.1

**Software Version:** MapWindowLite 4.9.3

**Supported Platforms:** Windows (XP or higher)

**API Interfaces:** .NET (C#, VB.NET), C++, Delphi, VBA (MS-Access, MS-Excel)  

**Community Support:** http://www.mapwindow.org/documentation/mapwingis4.9/getting_started.html

**Commercial Support:** http://www.mapwindow.nl, http://www.mapwindow.org/documentation/mapwingis4.9/MapWindow49.html


Quickstart
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* :doc:`Quickstart documentation <../quickstart/mapwindow_quickstart>`