Map Programing in C# windows application

I Want to write a Windows Application that uses an map and when a user clicks on a location in the map,the application sh开发者_StackOverflow社区ows some information about the location which are saved in a a database file.

how can i write codes for map? what component can i use? what library can i use? any information can help me ...

Have a look at http://greatmaps.codeplex.com/ It is a great solution we use for gis

Did you try this control?

http://googlemap.codeplex.com/

There is no built in map control in C#. You'll have to use some third party library. For a straight up map, I would suggest OpenStreetMaps, Bing Maps or Google Maps. There is a pretty good blog post with how to develop a C# maps API here. There's also a pretty good Bing Maps / vs Google Maps comparison here.

If you want a full fledged Earth viewer, you have basically 3 main choices:

• Nasa World Wind
• Microsoft (Bing) Virtual Earth
• Google Earth

Nasa World Wind has a Java SDK and off the top of my head -- I don't know of any C# SDKs for Nasa World Wind. From a user experience perspective, I don't think Nasa World Wind is as good as Bing or Google Earth.

I don't have a lot of experience with Bing virtual earth either, there are quite a few references:

• Developing a .NET Application Using Bing Maps SOAP Services
• Bing Maps SDK

Most of my mapping expertise comes from Google Earth, which does not have a native C# API. The older versions (< GE 6) had a COM API, and the web version has a JavaScript API, but there is nothing native for C#. However, there is an excellent 3rd party C# library here. Note that that library uses the Google Earth plugin that runs in a web browser control. Fortunately it uses late binding (.NET 4.0), so it should be compatible with any version of the plugin.

Good luck!