If the default location is selected during the MapViewer installation, the sample files are found in the following locations:
32-bit installation - C:\Program Files (x86)\Golden Software\MapViewer 8\Samples
64-bit installation - C:\Program Files\Golden Software\MapViewer 8\Samples
MapViewer sample files include a MapViewer plot of each available thematic map, boundary files for various continents, countries, and states, and data files with population or city latitude/longitude data.