The Map Builder, which is a map preparation tool delivered as source code that enables you to jump start your development. It allows you to mix and match raster, elevation, and vector map information, regardless of their parameters.

Advanced AJAX thin client deployment for RIA applications including Google Maps mash-up capabilities.

Full support for asset management maps, with custom graphical objects that update themselves efficiently when the underlying data changes.

A full spectrum of map display capabilities, including the most popular data format readers and writers, geodesic computations such as projections, ellipsoids, and DATUMs, as well as over 1,500 predefined coordinate systems.

Creation and animation of multilayered and multiscale maps with user-defined visual representations such as color and transparency.

Contextual grids defined by longitude and latitude or by the MGRS system, with minimized memory and CPU footprint.

Multiple coordinates and measuring system units.

Performance features, such as load-on-demand and pixel-on-demand for handling very large data sets, while minimizing the memory footprint.

Advanced map labeling as well as the standard set of interactions such as panning, zooming, selection, and annotation.

A set of map data covering the entire world in different resolutions, in both raster and vector formats.