Introducing JViews Maps > Basic Concepts > Usage and Design Concepts > Usage Concepts

ILOG JViews Maps is designed to help you to create map displays or build any application that uses maps. It was designed to be used as follows:

  1. Import the map data and design the look and feel. ILOG JViews Maps can read map data from multiple map file formats and storage locations and merge it into a single view. You can then transform the map into a new projection, add styling, and create a customized theme to reuse with other maps.
  2. Animate your map. You can zoom and pan and load new map data with minimum delay. You can also add and move symbols that have been added to your map using Designer for JViews Diagrammer. ILOG JViews Maps can move large datasets in seconds and, because of its multithreaded design, it keeps running while performing multiple memory and CPU-intensive tasks.