Mapsui (pronounced map-su-wii)

Mapsui is a C# library for mapping applications.

• Intended to develop apps
• Designed to be fast and responsive (see architecture)
• All data fetching is on a background thread (disk, web, or database)
• Code is written to be used cross platform (using PCL or code sharing)
• Based on a modified version of SharpMap.
• Uses BruTile to access tile services

Platforms Supported

Mapsui, the core project, is a Profile 147 Portable Class Library, compatible with:

• .NET framework 4.0.3 and higher
• .NET for Windows Store apps
• Windows Phone 8 and higher
• Silverlight 5 and higher
• Xamarin.Android
• Xamarin.iOS

Per platform there are separate assemblies for the UI and for Rendering. Those are:

• Mapsui.UI.Xaml and Mapsui.Rendering.Xaml for WPF on .NET 4.0.3
• Mapsui.UI.Xaml-W8 and Mapsui.Rendering.Xaml-W8 for Windows Store apps
• Mapsui.UI.Xaml-WP8 and Mapsui.Rendering.Xaml-WP8 for Windows Phone 8
• Mapsui.UI.Xaml-SL and Mapsui.Rendering.Xaml-SL for Silverlight 5
• Mapsui.UI.Android and Mapsui.Rendering.Android for API Level 10 (v2.3)
• Mapsui.UI.iOS and Mapsui.Rendering.iOS

Applications that use Mapsui

• BergerView 2.0
• OutdoorMaps
• Phoenix
• Bevoegd Gezag
• EarthWatchers

Warnings

• There is limited documentation.
• Breaking changes will be introduced frequently. We change the API whenever we feel this is an improvement.
• We adopt new technologies relatively fast, and dropping support for older frameworks.
• Only use this project if you are willing to dig into the code.
• Although there is a general plan of where to go with this library there are not enough resources to go towards that goal in a systematic way. Functionality is added depending on what is needed in the projects it is used.