With the evolution of ASP and the emergence of the .NET strategy at Microsoft many large organisations are standardising on a Windows Server platform for web application deployment. 1Spatial has been working with emerging and established ASP and ASP.NET servers in the development and implementation of web mapping and database publishing sites.

Definition
.NET is the Microsoft Web services strategy to connect information, people, systems, and devices through software. Integrated across the Microsoft platform, .NET technology provides the ability to quickly build, deploy, manage, and use connected, security-enhanced solutions with Web services. .NET-connected solutions enable businesses to integrate their systems more rapidly and in a more agile manner and help them realise the promise of information anytime, anywhere, on any device.

ASP.NET makes building real world Web applications dramatically easier. ASP.NET server controls enable an HTML-like style of declarative programming that let you build great pages with far less code than with classic ASP. Displaying data, validating user input, and uploading files are all amazingly easy. ASP.NET pages work in all browsers -- including Netscape, Opera, AOL, Firefox and Internet Explorer.