Common Questions

MapObjects can be used with a variety of industry-standard programming environments such as Visual Basic, PowerBuilder, Visual C++, and others. MapObjects plugs directly into these familiar environments, allowing you to build applications quickly.

MapObjects can be used with any development environment that supports custom controls. It requires a 32-bit Intel-based Windows operating system such as Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4.0/2000. Applications created with MapObjects will have, at a minimum, the same system requirements.

MapObjects LT is a royalty-free, lightweight version of MapObjects. Check out the MapObjects Feature/Function Comparison chart.

MapObjects uses ESRI shapefiles; ArcInfo coverages; ArcSDE (Spatial Database Engine) layers; and a wide variety of standard image formats like .tif, .bmp, and many others. Other databases and tables can be accessed using Microsoft's ODBC standard interface.

MapObjects includes ESRI Data & Maps, a large and comprehensive collection of data that allows you to immediately start adding maps to your applications.

During your evaluation of MapObjects, please visit the Support Center Online to find out more information about how to quickly get started. Also, check out the Online Discussion Forum, which is an excellent resource for user-to-user support.