DotSpatial is a geographic information system library written for .NET Framework. It allows developers to incorporate spatial data, analysis and mapping functionality into their applications or to contribute GIS extensions to the community.

DotSpatial provides a map control for .NET and several GIS capabilities including:

• Display a map in a .NET Windows Forms.
• Open shapefiles, grids, rasters and images.
• Render symbology and labels.
• Reproject on the fly.
• Manipulate and display attribute data.
• Scientific analysis.
• Read GPS data. 

Lookup In LINQ
 

.NET Futures: Asynchronous Streams 

There are two supported choices of runtime for building server-side applications with .NET: .NET Framework and .NET Core. Both share a lot of the same .NET platform components and you can share code across the two. However, there are fundamental differences between the two and your choice will depend on what you want to accomplish. This article provides guidance on when to use each. 

The .NET Framework 4.7 includes improvements in several areas:

1. High DPI support for Windows Forms applications on Windows 10
   
2. Touch support for WPF applications on Windows 10
   
3. Enhanced cryptography support
   
4. Performance and reliability improvements 
   

The origin of GetHashCode in .NET  

Happy 15th Birthday .NET! 

The 68 things the CLR does before executing a single line of your code (*)