Maps

This manual provides conceptual and hands-on information for developing applications that incorporate Views Maps. It describes the fundamentals that underlie Views Maps and shows how to create and use map objects.

This manual contains the following chapters:

• Introducing Views Maps gives you an overall picture of Views Maps.

• Getting Started with Views Maps provides a simple tutorial on the mapping functionalities of Views Maps.

• Views Maps Reader Framework describes the API to load cartographic data into Views.

• Using Load-On-Demand describes the load-on-demand mechanism.

• Predefined Readers introduces the predefined readers supplied with Views Maps.

• Map Projections explains how to use projections.

• Map Data provides a list of suggested free sources for downloading map data.