The Unified Mapping Platform (JUMP) is a GUI-based application for viewing and processing spatial data. It includes many common spatial and GIS functions. It is also designed to be a highly extensible framework for developing and running custom spatial data processing applications.

JUMP has the following features:

- JUMP provides an interactive Workbench for viewing, editing, and processing spatial datasets
- JUMP provides an API giving full programmatic access to all functions, including I/O, feature-based datasets, visualization, and all spatial operations
- JUMP is highly modular and extensible
- JUMP supports important industry standards such as GML and the OpenGIS Consortium spatial object model
- JUMP is written in 100% pure JavaTM
- JUMP is open source

## Related Documentation

For overviews, tutorials, examples, guides, and tool documentation, please see:

- JUMP Workbench User's Guide
- JUMP Developer's Guide
- JUMP Technical Report
- JUMP Data Sheet