In 2005 hosted a workshop was held at the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (Milieu- en Natuurplanbureau). The materials used in the workshop are available online:

1. A presentation (in Dutch) introducing the different methods.
2. A reader (in English) containing background materials to the discussed methods.
3. Exercises (in English)

The development of the MCK was kick-started in 2001 by a report on map comparison methods that RIKS drafted for the MNP. That report is still available online:

• Map Comparison Report

Hans Visser of MNP edited a report on methods and application of the MCK. This report is available from their website

• MNP Report

The manual of the software is automatically downloaded with the software, you can also download it separately here:

• MCK 3 User Manual

The latest extension of the Map Comparison Kit is with several methods for the comparison of raster maps of numerical values. These methods where not developed by ourselves but came forth out of a literature scan by order of the MNP. The methods have the status 'Under development' because they are not yet compatible with all tools present in the Map Comparison Kit. If you plan to make use of these methods please check the report and the technical notes:

• Comparing continuous valued maps - Literature scan
• Comparing continuous valued maps - Technical notes