Dennis,
I tested the geotif. looks it works fine. Here is the code.
 private void mapView_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            // ------------------------------------------geotiff------------------------------------
            map.MapUnit = GeographyUnit.Meter;
            map.CurrentExtent = MaxExtents.SphericalMercator;
            var geotifLayer = new UnmanagedGeoTiffRasterLayer(@"D:\Tickets\MapRasters2010\08759200.tif");
            geotifLayer.Open();
            // set Internal Projection to that of Layer
            var gProjectionForRenderingInternal = new Projection();
            gProjectionForRenderingInternal.ProjString = geotifLayer.ImageSource.Projection.ProjString;
            // set External Projection to that of Selected
            var gProjectionForRenderingExternal = new Projection();
            gProjectionForRenderingExternal.ProjString = Projection.ConvertEpsgToProjString(3857);
            var gProjectionConverterForRendering = new ThinkGeo.Core.UnmanagedProjectionConverter();
            gProjectionConverterForRendering.InternalProjection = gProjectionForRenderingInternal;
            gProjectionConverterForRendering.ExternalProjection = gProjectionForRenderingExternal;
            geotifLayer.ImageSource.ProjectionConverter = gProjectionConverterForRendering;
            geotifLayer.ImageSource.ProjectionConverter.Open();
            var overLay = new LayerOverlay();
            overLay.Layers.Add(geotifLayer);
            map.Overlays.Add(overLay);
           
            map.CurrentExtent = geotifLayer.GetBoundingBox();
            map.Refresh();
        }
still downloading the jp2 files.
Thanks
Frank
 
      
    