AutoCAD Map 3D is a flexible development platform for professional mapping, land planning and technical facilities management applications. You can use AutoCAD Map 3D platform to take full advantage of industry standard development tools and technologies to develop applications. It supports direct access to various resources from the CAD, GIS and raster data formats without data copying or conversion.

New features: the latest release of AutoCAD Map 3D includes a new API, support for direct read / write GIS data, and with MapGuide Enterprise, DWG / FDO data conversion, specific groups (Ad-hoc joins), buffer, and the original data FDO data providers and other third parties to share data.

New API. NET-based platform, consists of two parts. One is from the AutoCAD Map and Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise common use of geospatial platform API. Geospatial Platform API is based FDO technology, AutoCAD Map 3D 2009 is the most important new features. Another is the Map-only API, only with AutoCAD Map features.