TatukGIS Developer Kernel           

Feedback from DK users
Partial DK Customer List

The TatukGIS Developer Kernel (DK) is a software development toolkit (SDK) for the custom development of stand-alone, embeddable, and client-server GIS applications using object-oriented languages. The DK toolkit is provided as four separate editions by development platform.

1. DK-VCL. A native Delphi/C++ Builder VCL (visual component library) for use with CodeGear Delphi and C++Builder.
2. DK.NET. A managed code .NET WinForms component for use with C#, VB.NET, etc., and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET assemblies 2.0 and higher.
3. DK-ActiveX. An ActiveX (OCX) control, with .NET support via COM/Interop, for use with Visual Basic, VB.NET, C#, Visual C++, etc. and Microsoft Visual Studio.
4. DK-CF. A native .NET Compact Framework component for use with Microsoft Visual Studio to develop applications for the Windows Pocket PC, Windows Mobile, and Windows CE operating systems.

Each DK product edition reflects the same, or very similar, API and set of classes and properties. For example, the code of an application developed with the DK.NET edition is exactly the same as the code of an application developed with the DK-CF edition. So a desktop application developed with the DK.NET can be recompiled with the DK-CF as a PocketPC application. The close similarity of the four DK editions makes porting a DK-based application between development environments, e.g., Delphi, C++Builder, Visual Basic, Visual C++, C#, .NET, Compact Framework, etc., a relatively straight forward task. (See comparative code sample).

The DK-VCL, DK.NET, and DK-ActiveX editions are licensed as a standard and Enterprise versions. The DK Enterprise version includes direct support for 3rd-party spatial database layer formats: Microsoft Spatial Server, ESRI ArcSDE and ArcSDE Raster, Oracle Spatial/Locator and Oracle GeoRaster, MapInfo SpatialWare, and PostGIS.

Each DK license purchase includes a license of the TatukGIS Internet Server Developer Edition to enable each DK licensed developer to work also with the Internet Server product.

TatukGIS Developer Kernel 9.0 Features and Specifications

The DK-VCL and DK.NET product editions are currently available as a 9.0 version. A DK-ActiveX edition is currently available as a 8.x version, but the 9.0 upgrade is under preparation. The DK-CF edition is currently available as a 8.x version and an upgrade to 9.0 is planned.

The new version 9.0 features are highlighted with bold face font.