LuciadCPillar is a set of software components designed to build applications for the visualization and manipulation of geospatial data. It provides a comprehensive set of classes that support various geographic data formats, coordinate transformations, map projections, geodesy operations, geodetic shapes, raster data, and other functionality to handle geospatial data. Application developers can use the LuciadCPillar components out of the box, or customize them to their own needs. LuciadCPillar is designed to leverage the power of the computer hardware to obtain exceptional visualization performance.