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Example Customer Applications:

The following list offers some examples of how the TatukGIS DK toolkit is being used in commercial GIS development situations around the world. Specific details are omitted from the page to avoid any risk of revealing client sensitive information.

  • An electrical engineering firm in Brazil selected the DK for the GIS/mapping functionality for a real-time electrical power outage management sysystem that has already been implemented at a major electrical power utility company located in southern Brazil. (see client quote, News)

  • A New Your City based company used the DK to create the New York City Property Atlas, a thin-client map data viewer offering user friendly access to the entire NYC property tax base (930,000+ parcels). The DK was selected for this purchase because it provided superior speed and stability, and allowed the creation on a application that runs independent of MapObjects or MapInfo software. (News)

  • The Canadian Department of National Defense selected the DK to develop a utility for the visualization of a common operational picture. This light client will provide an intuitive interface to data sources including OGC compliant WMS servers, NATO standard datasets and various real-time data feeds. To meet this requirement, the DND has incorporated CADRG, CIB, and Mil-Std 2525B support into the TatukGIS DK component. This client indicates that the DK was chosen for this project because it provides exceptional functionality while allowing for royalty and dependency free distribution.

  • A private defense contractor in Canada selected the DK for a GIS software application being developed under direct contract with the Land Forces (Army) element of the Canadian Forces (CF). This client reports that they had previously developed a prototype application for placing safety templates on digital maps using ArcView 3.2a, but found the cost of user licenses to be impractical considering the demand for deployment across the army. This client also considered using the MapObjects (ActiveX) component with Delphi, but found MapObjects to lack certain functionality and involve license restrictions that could hinder distribution. The final decision to opt for the TatukGIS DK was based on favorable results from an initial DK-based prototype and on the prompt and helpful insight into difficult features provided by the TatukGIS support center. This client adds that, because there are no DK license restrictions in desktop deployment situations, the cost of distribution across the army will be negligible.

  • A unit of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers uses the DK for civil engineering development and/or coastal hydrology work.

  • An environmental engineering and science firm with over 100 employees in the U.S. uses the DK to develop proprietary models for intensive simulation of rivers, lakes, and estuaries. After using ArcInfo and ArcView for some elements of the modeling process in the past, the company selected the DK because it presents a "clean, lightweight, affordable, and very FAST toolbox" from which to build closely tailored graphic interfaces. (see client quote, News)

  • A small meteorology related software company in the U.S. used the DK to create an advanced, real-time severe weather tracking application, combining data from all major weather sources into a single application: radar, satellite, watches, warnings, convective outlooks, mesoscale (small-scale) outlooks, surface observations, and storm-level attributes such as direction, intensity and speed. (see client quote), (News)

  • An Australian company providing software and services for the international oil and gas industry selected the DK to enhance its GIS-enabled data management system integrating disparate databases. This client previously used ESRI MapObjects as its GIS development toolkit, and plans to use the best features of both MapObjects and the DK for the foreseeable future.

  • A mid sized software company in the Jiangsu province of China is using the DK for the development of AM/FM/GIS solutions in the area of electric data modeling for electricity distribution networks. Prior to the selection of the DK, this client used ArcGIS and MapObject products.

  • The U.S. owner of a jet aircraft fleet uses the DK to create an internal logistics, scheduling, and GPS tracking application to manage a fleet of well over 1,000 jet aircraft. This customer discovered the DK only after previously evaluating, and being dissatisfied with, ESRI's MapObjects, MapInfo's MapX, and Blue Marble Graphics GeoObjects products. The client informed TatukGIS that the performance advantage of the DK over the other leading GIS development products is very significant, and very meaningful to the success of their development project.(see client quote)

  • Two unrelated GIS developers in Poland are using the DK to develop integrated public emergency response call centers and security systems (fire, police, and medical response, with optimal routing, etc.) for the municipal governments Poland. (See News1)(See News2)

  • A marketing and sales consulting company in the U.S. specializing in the pharmaceuticals and consumer health care industries selected the DK to create a detailed demographic targeting map of USA with the use of U.S. Census Department data.

  • A company responsible for the forest management activities within one of the largest parks in Canada has selected the DK for the further development of their existing forestry management GIS system. The DK will be used to cost effectively develop a desktop GIS that will eventually be deployed on tablet PC's for the field staff. The application will allow staff to add and edit the forestry information in the field, and then electronically send the updated information to be approved by supervisors for integration into the corporate GIS system. By making the field deployment on tablet PC's running the Windows O/S, instead of on CE devices, this client plans to circumvent the memory and processor limitations of CE devices and the high cost and royalties associated with the limited number of GIS development options presently available for the CE platform.

  • A GIS development company in Brazil is using the DK for two primary applications. One of the applications is for the spatial analysis and color-coded mapping presentation of historical election voting results and the results of statistical polling relating to upcoming elections. The application will analyze and logically display the data on an interactive map according to percent of votes by candidate, political party, or group of parties. The second application is an interactive mapping and spatial analysis tool to aid in the management of franchising organizations. This application will provide the means for a manager to geographically evaluate the performance, based on data updates at regular intervals, of any given store, store network, or service provider in a given region on an absolute basis, and geographically correlate that data to economic and social data to evaluate performance relative to projected market potential. (see client quote)

  • A small GIS application development company in the U.S. uses the DK for the development of interactive water and hiking trail maps and related applications for local and state governments. The client previously used CartoVCL and MapObjects, and has informed TatukGIS that the switch to the DK has significantly increased the development possibilities and the DK's ease of use has saved significant development time. (see client quote, News )

  • A mid-sized engineering company in Switzerland uses the DK for the design, planning, and management of transportation projects for the Swiss government. This client converted from MapObjects to the DK because the DK is easier to use in a Delphi environment, despite some initial reservations that TatukGIS is a new and relatively unknown company in the GIS software industry. (see client quote)

  • A control systems integration service provider in the U.S. used the TatukGIS DK-ActiveX toolkit to provide navigation assistance for a precision digging application using GPS. (see client quote)

  • A development company located in Buenos Aries, Argentina has used the DK in a Delphi environment for the development of several applications, including a delivery routing system for supermarkets, a pick-up and delivery routing system for transport companies, and a call mapping system for companies with 0800/0810 telephone lines supporting the geographical analysis of client locations and layouts.(see client quote)

  • An Australian company is using the DK to produce a general purpose GIS application with particular applicability to the farming community for whole farm planning, and Land Care management. The requirement for this was a low cost, ease of use system, which novice computer users could readily relate to. Having previously been a MapInfo Developer Partner, and then using Blue Marble, the company finally settled on the DK because of superior inbuilt functionality, which others charge thousands for, compatibility with Borland Builder C++, and best of all at a price which means projects can get to market for a realistic cost to the client. The company is now also partnering with other major Australian companies to produce a vehicle navigation system suitable for the whole of Australia. The route planning and geocoding capability of the DK was what first lead them to this platform. It is brilliant and will save months of programming.

  • A Swiss GIS development company selected the DK for use in a Borland Delphi environment for a large army project in Switzerland to display army maps based on the NATO standards. The mapping materials consist of vector and bitmap layers. For purposes of this application, the developer extended the DK to support army-symbol-layers and charting-layers (see client quote).

  • A client in the UK is using the DK to create an application to distribute detailed GIS based archaeological datasets to teams of experts working on the completion of common archaeological projects. This client has informed TatukGIS that, although GIS technology can be useful for the spatial presentation and distribution of complex archaeological information, which is intrinsically challenging to distribute via traditional methods, the cost of mainstream GIS applications and the technical challenges presented by archaeological data frequently prevent the full benefits that could be obtained through GIS technology from being realized. The client has added that the purchase of the DK marked the end of a long search for an affordable, but functional, Delphi based GIS development component.

  • One of the leading U.S. government national research laboratories is using the DK to build GIS applications for decision support systems for watershed management. The DK based applications will provide stakeholders with a set of tools to help manage and track changes to their watershed.

  • A leading U.S. wireless telephone technology company has multiple software engineers developing with the DK in a C++Builder environment planning wireless telephone networks in several countries around the world. This client previously used the CartoX GIS development product before moving to the DK. They report that they were initially attracted to the DK because of its royalty-free nature and its support of C++Builder, advanced label placement, and universal language character sets.

  • The local government of Cancun, Mexico is using the DK for the creation of GIS mapping applications in the areas of commercial zoning and building permits, land ownership records, property tax assessment and management, public safety, and ecology. This client indicates that the DK was selected because it is more comprehensive than the competing products on the market, with the exception of ESRI's MapObjects, to which the DK compares very favorably on price. This client also appreciates the DK because of the support of the Delphi development environment and because it allows the creation of 100% stand-alone applications, without DLL's.

  • An engineering company in Malaysia is using DK to develop a GSM radio network analyzing tool to evaluate the quality of GSM signals. Radio signal data is gathered while a GPS receiver provides positional information for real-time plots on a GIS map. The software is useful for base-station design and cell network planning. DK was chosen over the MapInfo OCX based on performance and the support of C++Builder.

  • A software development company in Tokyo, Japan is using the DK in a Borland Delphi environment for the development of AM/FM applications, such as for the management and maintenance of city street lamps and a zoning system for the maintenance of buildings.

  • A wireless telephony consulting company in the United Kingdom has selected the DK to build map "demonstrators" to function with mathematical algorithms developed for the purpose of planning of UMTS wireless telephone networks in Europe.

  • A private German company selected the DK to develop applications for the management and analysis of data relating to automobile accidents, road surface quality, road construction work, and traffic statistics for German government clients. This client previously used MapInfo software, but reports that it found the DK to be a more adaptable solution.

  • A leading maker of cartographic street and road maps in Mexico selected the DK for the creation of a GIS vector road mapping application. This client indicated that they previously used Blue Marble Graphic's GeoView DLL, and decided to move their application to the TatukGIS DK because the DK is more complete, provided with source code, and royalty-free.

  • A developer of GIS-based telecommunications and AM/FM software applications in Columbia is migrating its existing applications from MapObjects/ArcView to the DK.

  • A developer located in Spain's Canary Islands is using the DK in a C++Builder environment to create a GIS mapping application for the management of yacht marinas.

  • A Hungarian company uses the DK to develop a graphic map interface for an application to manage the leasing of outdoor advertising points through out the city of Budapest. Because the existing city map of Budapest is in DGN format, the DK was selected because of its DGN compatibility, which eliminated the need to convert the existing city map into a SHP file or other GIS format.

  • A mid sized, publicly traded consulting and application development company in Germany, specializing in the implementation of logistics and spatial solutions for municipal government clients, uses the DK for unknown applications.

  • A Polish GIS development company is using the DK to develop GIS editor and vector/raster viewer applications for the forestry management industry. Previously the company developed with MapInfo products.

  • A mid-sized city in the state of Utah in the U.S. used the DK to develop a cemetery management application. The client appreciated the DK because it installs along with the data on a single CD, is easy to use, and runs without the overhead of the Borland Database Engine.

  • One of the largest French software and technology companies uses the DK to develop an embedded fleet tracking and logistics application. The application is to run on Linux.

  • One of the largest government and business consulting and research firms in the U.S. selected the DK to create "air models" relating to work performed for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

  • A wireless telephony consulting company in the United Kingdom has selected the DK to build map "demonstrators" to function with mathematical algorithms developed for the purpose of planning of UMTS wireless telephone networks in Europe.

  • An information technology company in Israel selected the DK for the creation of a fleet management and tracking system combining advanced navigation and GSM/SMS wireless telecommunications technologies.