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There are couple of questions which are related to learning GIS or GIS skill sets here but I would like to ask very specific question.

My current skills: I don't claim that I am a good programmer :-))

  • .Net, programming Language C# (4+ years exp) and sybase PowerBuilder (3 years exp)
  • Experience working in web and desktop applications.
  • SQL
  • DBMS (SQL-Server, ASA)
  • Javascript, Ajax, HTML, Webservices

Can you please help me to find resources which I can use to start GIS development using .net technologies!

Regards,

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Start using a specific gis software to understand how it works. Try to find one that has c# api. Or switch to writing code in python and use gdal or a host of others. Do you have a commercial gis software available? – Justin Apr 18 '12 at 20:58
No I don't right now, I am downloading trial version of ArcGIS. – Kashif Apr 21 '12 at 20:57

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Start with the beginning: google for GIS.

So you get tutorials on how to set up a database with spatial (ie GIS) options which should get you started, once there - forget about C# APIs, just go straight to the APIs for other languages (as there tends to be a lot more work done for OSS stuff than for .NET in this environment) - for example, MapQuery for javascript.

The rest of the task is about learning what GIS does and how it does it. That can be some pretty in-depth maths, especially when talking about routing and implementation of the data.

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Thanks @gbjbaanb – Kashif Jul 13 '12 at 22:43

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