topic Re: MrSid and Shape Files in ArcGIS API for Silverlight Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/mrsid-and-shape-files/m-p/293218#M7547 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>ArcGIS API for Silverlight/WPF can only load map service published by ArcGIS for Server, they can't parse the mrsid file directly(but they can read shapefile directly).</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>If your .sid file has correct spatial reference, you could try this </SPAN><A href="https://geopbs.codeplex.com/">https://geopbs.codeplex.com/</A><SPAN> . Portable Basemap Server can publish your mrsid file directly as an ArcGISTiledMapService, so you could using arcgis api for silverlight or flex to add the service. Also you can read your shape file from client or server as a featureset. Btw, PBS is under LGPL license, you can use it freely for commercial purpose:)</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 14 Mar 2013 02:10:07 GMT wangzhifang 2013-03-14T02:10:07Z MrSid and Shape Files https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/mrsid-and-shape-files/m-p/293217#M7546 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Our requirements are to show a MrSID file and Shapefiles. Will the API for WPF/Silverlight do those? If not, is there another product to use that is fairly cheap that doesn't require licensing for every distribution?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:55:11 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/mrsid-and-shape-files/m-p/293217#M7546 HeavyWoody 2013-03-13T13:55:11Z Re: MrSid and Shape Files https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/mrsid-and-shape-files/m-p/293218#M7547 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>ArcGIS API for Silverlight/WPF can only load map service published by ArcGIS for Server, they can't parse the mrsid file directly(but they can read shapefile directly).</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>If your .sid file has correct spatial reference, you could try this </SPAN><A href="https://geopbs.codeplex.com/">https://geopbs.codeplex.com/</A><SPAN> . Portable Basemap Server can publish your mrsid file directly as an ArcGISTiledMapService, so you could using arcgis api for silverlight or flex to add the service. Also you can read your shape file from client or server as a featureset. Btw, PBS is under LGPL license, you can use it freely for commercial purpose:)</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 14 Mar 2013 02:10:07 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/mrsid-and-shape-files/m-p/293218#M7547 wangzhifang 2013-03-14T02:10:07Z