Here are some key features of "Map View":

Operation:
· The operation is easy, both support mouse and keyboard control. You can feel free to move, pan, zoom-in and zoom-out. It supports zoom with mouse wheel and move using arrow key. It can zoom at any ratio.

Cache:
· Map View provides powerful cache function. What you have seen will be cached automatically, and can be called back from cache immediately, which much save you the time of loading. With cache, Map View can work even without internet connection. The interval of cache is configurable, when the cache has expired, Map View will update it from internet.

Map kind:
· Kinds of maps are supported including satellite imagery, street maps and Google Maps.

Switch of map:
· You can switch map kind from one to another at the same area, which make it very easy for comparison.

View information persistence:
· Map View can save your current view status into file. When open it again, Map View will jump back to the area you have saved.

Multi-window support:
· Map View is a multi-window application. It can open multiple windows, each window can show maps of different types and different areas. These windows can be arranged freely.

Download:
· Map View download map data in multi-thread mode. The download is in backward process. The current part of view will be downloaded first.

Jump of map:
· Map View can jump to a special area by directly specifying the longitude and latitude.

Image capture:
· Map View can capture the current view image and save it into image files(bmp, jpg, gif, png) for printing, reviewing and sharing.

Requirements:

· Pentium IV 1.6
· 512 MB RAM
· .NET Framework 2.0 or higher