Geospatial Solutions

Autodesk Goes Open Source

Autodesk has joined forces with the leading members of the open source geospatial community to establish The Open Source Geospatial Foundation as a business and operational framework to better support the ongoing development of open geospatial technologies. Autodesk has contributed its next-generation web mapping platform to the foundation as an open source project.

See the FAQ for more information. (pdf - 153Kb)

MapGuide Open Source

MapGuide Open Source is a new web mapping platform that enables users to quickly develop and distribute spatial and design data over the web or intranets.

MapGuide Open Source provides for the integration and dissemination of spatial, design, or tabular information. It also provides tools to integrate and convert various data types, structure and stylize that data, create applications that use the data, and finally publish the data on the web or an intranet.  It supports both the Microsoft Windows and Linux platforms and will be available later this year as a commercial product.

The latest version of MapGuide Open Source is now available as a free download from the Open Source Geospatial Foundation.

Why develop with the new MapGuide technology? Find out in this white paper.
Why Develop with the New MapGuide Technology (pdf - 1642Kb)

Autodesk MapGuide® Studio - Preview

Autodesk MapGuide Studio is the authoring environment for MapGuide Open Source that handles all aspects of preparing geospatial data for distribution on the Internet. Modeled after popular web development tools, Studio provides a unified environment that lets you rapidly create spatial applications using an intuitive and familiar interface.

MapGuide Studio puts files and resources close at hand and provides the ability to preview the application you’re creating without publishing to a server. MapGuide Studio enables you to work in your preferred programming environment—PHP, .NET, or JSP—while providing 100 percent consistency among the APIs.

StudioSetup.exe (exe - 125407 Kb)

Features and Benefits (pdf - 91Kb)
Autodesk MapGuide Studio Preview Readme (pdf - 27Kb)