TatukGIS Releases the GIS Developer Kernel ActiveX control (with .NET Compatibility)

TatukGIS has released the GIS Developer Kernel toolkit as an ActiveX® control for compatibility with Visual Basic, Visual C++, Visual Studio® .NET products, and scripting languages, as well as Borland® Delphi and C++Builder. The Developer Kernel (DK) is a comprehensive GIS Development toolkit, incorporating approximately 2,200 public/protected functions and properties in 120 classes. It presents a very viable alternative for GIS developers at an affordable price - only $650 per developer station license, including technical support and upgrades for one year. The DK is royalty-free for desktop application development.

TatukGIS has released the GIS Developer Kernel toolkit as an ActiveX® control for compatibility with Visual Basic, Visual C++, Visual Studio® .NET products, and scripting languages, as well as Borland® Delphi and C++Builder. In terms of framework and functionality, the ActiveX control is highly similar to the Delphi VCL version of the Developer Kernel, making it easy to port a DK based application between development environments, e.g., Delphi, C++Builder, Visual Basic, Visual C++, .NET, etc.

The Developer Kernel (DK) is a comprehensive GIS Development toolkit, incorporating approximately 2,200 public/protected functions and properties in 120 classes. It presents a very viable alternative for GIS developers at an affordable price - only $650 per developer station license, including technical support and upgrades for one year. The DK is royalty-free for desktop application development.

The Developer Kernel (v.7.2.2) offers the following features:

• Object API
• Multi-format, supporting the leading GIS, CAD, and pixel formats: SHP, E00, MIF/MID, TAB (vector and raster), DXF, DGN, TIGER, SQL vector layers, TIFF/GeoTIFF, JPEG, BMP, SPOT, TatukGIS PixelStore (for SQL-based pixel coverages)
• A single visual layer/legend/property control for all aspects of the map appearance
• WKT/WKB geometry support
• Topological operations, such as buffers, intersections, unions, etc.
• Compatibility with any SQL database supporting via ADO/ODBC or DBX
• R-Tree spatial indexing
• Advanced pixel layer operations, such as histograms equalizations, color coding, layer transparency, etc.
• Thematic mapping, custom rendering, scale control
• Pie and bar charts
• Advanced editing
• Geocoding and optimal routing support, GPS compatibility
• CGM and TrueType symbols for points and lines; CGM, TrueType, and WMF symbols for fills
• Advanced label placement, overlap avoidance
• Universal support of language characters (Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Hebrew, Russian, etc.)
• 26 projections, approximately 225 datums (direct support for national map grids and U.S. State Plane coordinate systems to be added soon)
• Modern, free of software legacy limitations
• Very small footprint and significantly faster than competing products
• Guarantee, support, and upgrades for first year at no additional charge
• MS Windows platform

A free v.7.2.2 trial copy, along with 20+ ActiveX and .NET samples and a tutorial, is available for download from www.tatukgis.com.

About TatukGIS: TatukGIS is a producer of GIS software products, including i) the TatukGIS Developer Kernel toolkit (VCL and ActiveX® versions), ii) the TatukGIS Internet Map Server, an ASP and ASP.NET server for the development of web-based GIS applications, and iii) the Aerial Imagery Corrector, a final user product to rectify, georeference, and mosaic aerial or satellite imagery or scanned maps. Sales are worldwide, from the TatukGIS web site at www.tatukgis.com.