Need advice on which front end GUI to use

CarlosPiccirillo — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 10:11:43 GMT

My group is getting ready to start a new project and I would like to get some advice on what front end application (API) would be
best for our needs. The requirements are:

Have a mapping component (ability to show spatial data, both vector and raster, zoom, layers on/off and basic querying), be able to query and populate Microsoft Access databases (plus display results) and produce reports, probably in Microsoft Word.

Behind the scenes, all of the processing (spatial queries, etc.) will be handled by ArcMap programmed in C#. Right now we just want to pick a front end for the GUI, preferably Web based.

My boss has suggested these as possibilities: Windows Forms (what we currently use), Windows WPF, Silverlight, HTML 5, JavaScript, ASP.NET.

Can someone shed some light on the pros and cons to these or suggest something better? If one of the possibilities we are looking into cannot handle our requirements (does not support a mapping component) then we can eliminate that option altogether.

Thank you all for your time and insight.
Carlos

Re: Need advice on which front end GUI to use

SachinKanaujia — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:32:22 GMT

If your requirement is for a web based solution then you can go for Silverlight framework which would provide you most of the vector and raster viewing as well as interaction with most of the Microsoft specific applications like access, word etc. For a Desktop based solution you can go for ArcGIS Runtime.

Re: Need advice on which front end GUI to use

CarlosPiccirillo — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 11:34:03 GMT

Thank you for your advice and time, I appreciate it.

Carlos

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