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I am looking for the top APIs that I can use to display maps from a number of map servers/sources. (like openlayers and openscales). So are there any other popular APIs for other languages than javascript and flex (C++,Java,C#... ) ? (it doesn't matter if it is free or not)

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Are you looking for desktop or web solutions? The question is a little confusing since openlayers is javascript. – underdark♦ Nov 9 '12 at 15:01
Both Web and Desktop – user655561 Nov 10 '12 at 22:09
This is a really broad question. Do you have any specific use case or are you really just looking for a list of project names? – underdark♦ Nov 10 '12 at 22:33
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A shopping question. I think it should be closed unless it is modified. blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/11/qa-is-hard-lets-go-shopping – R.K. Nov 11 '12 at 8:15

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Well you can always use QGIS with its Python API to create a standalone application.

http://www.qgis.org/pyqgis-cookbook/

https://github.com/NathanW2/pyqgis-playground/blob/master/canvas/canvas.py

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BruTile is a potential C# option - open source and active. That gets you into the C# / .net world (desktop applications, silverlight, etc). There are libraries that use BruTile that provide higher level abstractions - they are listed on the website.

If that doesn't help you, a much more detailed question might produce a more useful answer.

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