Proof of concept: gvSIG 1.11 libraries as a plugin in an Eclipse RCP app
As Tobias suggested , it's easy to wrap the AWT-based gvSIG canvas in a SWT component. I have thus created a proof of concept Eclipse RCP application where I have added gvSIG's main mapping libraries as a plugin. You can see the workspace source code here: https://svn.prodevelop.es/public/labs/users/jldominguez/workspaces/gvsig/eclipse_rcp/ That does not include the gvSIG mapping plugin itself. You need to created it from the JAR files available in the lib folder . This short video shows a couple shapefiles being reprojected on the fly: The Eclipse website lists some Eclipse RCP-based sample applications , and at least one of them is under GNU/GPL.