Knowledge Base Search for: Recently modified first: KB10508 - Automatically zoom map to specified extent centered on shape matching an attribute ... For example: extent := GisNoWorld ; shp := ll.FindFirst( extent, 'ID=1' ) if Assigned( shp ) then begin extent := GisMaxExtent( extent, shp.ProjectedExtent ) ; GIS.VisibleExtent := extent ; GIS.Zoom := GIS.Zoom / 2 ; end ; Note: TGIS_Shape.Extent and TGIS_Shape.ProjectedExtent are similar. The main difference between them is the first provides extent in the layer coordinate system, whereas the second provides extent already in the viewer coordinate system. ... Modified: August 08, 2018 KB10831 - TatukGIS Project File. The TatukGIS Project File stores a map design: references to layers files coordinate system setup visual design such as colors, styles, labels, fonts, symbols, etc. A project can be stored in a: new .ttkproject file introduced in Developer Kernel 11 and Editor/Viewer 5 old and obsolete .ttkgp file Only the new .ttkproject format supports all new product features and is, therefore, the recommended storage. If maintaining compatibility with older product versions is a priority, the latest D ... Modified: July 31, 2018 KB10866 - Purchasing, payment options, invoicing, delivery method. Purchases are performed on-line via the Buy page of the TatukGIS web site, with payment by credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, etc.) or bank wire transfer. Prices are transparently presented in US Dollars on the Buy / New Order (Price List) page of the TatukGIS web site. Purchases can also be performed in EUR or PLN (Polish Zloty) currency. Upon completing an online purchase order, TatukGIS automatically sends the purchaser an email providing links to the pro-forma invoice (for printing ... Modified: July 30, 2018 KB10870 - Customer generated PO's, delayed purchase payment terms, checks. TatukGIS does not accept customer issued issued purchase orders (PO's) for the following reasons. 1. Purchases of TatukGIS software licenses are governed by the TatukGIS Purchase Policy and the pro-forma invoice that is generated upon complication of the online purchase order procedure. Use of TatukGIS products is governed by the TatukGIS Software License Agreement . A customer issued purchase order (PO) document might contain conflicting stipulations. 2. The simplicity of the TatukGIS merchandising a ... Modified: July 30, 2018 KB10874 - Purchase payment performed by different person or purchasing department. If your situation requires a different person or a purchasing department to approve and/or perform the payment, there are two possibilities. Method 1 Perform just the online purchase order procedure without payment, and allow the different person or purchasing department to follow up with the purchase payment. This is done by forwarding the email TatukGIS automatically sends immediately following completion of the online purchase order procedure to the person responsible for performing the payment. The e ... Modified: July 30, 2018 KB10614 - Obtain and start using a product under a purchased license. Download retail version When the purchase payment is received and processed by TatukGIS, the login registration account of the declared licensed user becomes activated with download access to current and future retail versions of the purchased product. The registered licensed user can download the retail version by logging in (under the licensed user's registration e-mail address) to the Downloads / My Products page of the TatukGIS web site, where download links appear for each product available to the ... Modified: July 19, 2018 KB10404 - Creating a custom layer with the DK-ActiveX and DK.Delphi editions. With the DK.Delphi edition a user defined layer can be created via the Delphi source code. Refer to the DK.Delphi sample TGIS_LayerMIF for guidance on how to create a custom layer. That sample shows both reading and writing the custom layer to disk. Also, the OpenGIS SQL vector support is an example of a user defined layer which was, of course, developed by TatukGIS. There are constraints on the creation of a fully user defined layer with the DK.ActiveX, because customizing via Delphi source code is out o ... Modified: April 14, 2018 KB10493 - Convert a SHP or other vector format file to SQL database layer. The easiest option is to use the TatukGIS Editor product to export an opened vector map file in any TatukGIS supported vector map format (SHP, EOO, MID/MIF, TAB, DXF, DGN, TIGER, OSM, GML, VPF, DLG, SDTS, GPX, GDF, KML ...) to any TatukGIS supported SQL database layer format on the local computer or a server. TatukGIS supported database layer formats and compatible database engines are presented in KB10639 . The same is possible with a DK developed application, though support for spatial database lay ... Modified: April 14, 2018 KB10176 - DK.Delphi features most appreciated by customers. Based on customer feedback, advantages of the TatukGIS DK for Delphi GIS SDK include: Native support for Delphi and C++ Builder VCL and FMX development platforms Ability to compile desktop and mobile applications for so many operating systems, e.g., Windows, MacOS, iOS, and Android Developed applications compile into a single executable file Ability to deploy applications with exceptionally small footprint SDK generally free of external libraries Logically organized API True native (without import ... Modified: April 14, 2018 KB10895 - Coordinate system support in TatukGIS products. GIS software must understand the coordinate system of each layer to correctly rotate, scale, present distances, calculate measurements, and display layers in different coordinate systems together as a single map. TatukGIS state-of-the-art support for coordinate systems is user friendly and sufficiently powerful and flexible to satisfy advanced requirements of expert users. The software automatically recognizes thousands of coordinate systems for every supported vector and raster (image, grid) layer format ... Modified: April 14, 2018 KB10934 - Progressive background rendering basemap layers. As of the DK11, any layer (or set of layers) can now be marked as basemap . Then, upon map zooming or panning operations, such basemap layer(s) is progressively rendered in the background. This feature works with any layer type, e.g., vector, raster, tiles. How to enable this feature: Ensure the GIS.IncrementalPaint property is set to True, Set for the bottommost layer(s) the property Basemap to True Once enabled, you should see the progressive rendering behavior upon mouse operations. Progress ... Modified: March 13, 2018 KB10540 - Explanation of IncrementalPaint feature. Note: Information in this Knowledge Base item is applicable to the obsolete DK 10 and earlier versions. The IncrementalPaint feature was replaced in the DK 11 with a new and improved feature for progressive background rendering basemaps described in KB10934 . Repainting (rendering/drawing) vector layers in TatukGIS products is performed in two phases - the draft presentation phase and final presentation phase. The draft phase presents a fast draw of only the vector geometry and the vector styles that ... Modified: March 13, 2018 KB10456 - Client-server and web-server development options. TatukGIS DK for ASP.NET edition. With an ASP.NET control supporting the full TatukGIS object API, the DK.ASPNET is designed for Web GIS server development. Features include optimized performance for serving bitmap images, pure .NET code, HTML5 support for smooth, multi-touch compatibility across web browsers (Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, Chrome, Opera) and platforms (iOS iPhone & iPad, MacOS, Android phone and tablets, Windows Mobile devices, etc.), and rich client-side map editing and drawing that ... Modified: February 28, 2018 KB10884 - WMS, WFS, TMS, WMTS, & ECWP technologies for streaming maps from the web. The TatukGIS Developer Kernel, GIS Editor, and free GIS Viewer support accessing data or streaming map coverages from the web using the following technologies: WMS (OGC Web Map Service), WFS (OGC Web Feature Service), TMS (OGC Tile Map Service), WMTS (Web Map Tile Service), and ECWP (ERDAS). Editor and free Viewer Use one of the following: Menu item File/Favorites and select from the drop down list of several popular free sources of web based map data, including MapQuest OpenStreetMaps Tiles, MapQues ... Modified: February 28, 2018 KB10877 - Opening map data via the web - supported options. TatukGIS products support a number of technologies for accessing, or rendering as a map layer, data from the internet or intranet. This support is available in the TatukGIS Developer Kernel, desktop Editor, and free Viewer products, except as noted below. WMS server protocol The OpenGIS Web Map Service (WMS) provides a rendered map as an image. To open provide the URL to the WMS server as a GetCapabilites request. For example: http://samples.tatukgis.com/TatukGIS_XIS9/Samples/SamplesAPI/Set6/Wms/Wms. ... Modified: February 28, 2018 KB10933 - TatukGIS and the Cloud TatukGIS products support cloud computing in the following ways. The TatukGIS Developer Kernel (DK) for ASP.NET edition, a GIS SDK designed for developing Web GIS applications, is a cloud solution. Product licensing is cloud friendly and deployment to cloud services is a simple 'copy file' deployment. The ASP.NET technology helps in exposing REST services providing custom GIS functionality. The DK for ASP.NET edition supports the full TatukGIS object API with its thousands of functions, properties, and m ... Modified: February 14, 2018 KB10930 - DK supported third-party libraries. Though the TatukGIS Developer Kernel is designed for developing custom GIS applications without need for third-party software libraries, there are exceptions such as when a 3rd party library is required to support an undocumented, proprietary data format. Typically, the 3rd party software licensing requires the DK developer to independently download and license the required library directly from the software vendor (i.e. the licensing does not permit TatukGIS to redistribute the supported library with the ... Modified: February 02, 2018 KB10915 - Support MrSID, ECW, or File Geodatabase formats in a DK application. Deploying support in a Developer Kernel developed application for some undocumented, third-party data formats requires the DK developer to independently download a free decode library directly from the 3rd software company. These formats include LizardTech MrSID, Erdas ECW, and ESRI File Geodatabase. The DK supports each of these 3rd party decode libraries, but the licensing does not permit TatukGIS to include the decode library in the DK download package. Typically, the developer must visit the software ... Modified: February 02, 2018 KB10929 - Activate two DK.Delphi versions on same computer. Refer to guidance for installing two instances of the DK 11 side-by-side on the same computer, at: http://docs.tatukgis.com/DK11/guides:setup#delphi-specific ... Modified: February 02, 2018 KB10932 - How to render map to a Metafile in DK for NET. There is no direct possibility to render a map to a Metafile (WMF) in the DK.NET. There is, however, an easy way to subclass TGIS_RendererWinforms: public class TGIS_RendererWMF : TGIS_RendererWinForms { /// <summary> /// Print a current map view to a WMF /// </summary> /// <param name="_parent">Reference to a GIS viewer</param> /// <param name="_viewer">Reference to a GIS viewer. Same a _parent!</param> /// <param name="_stream">output stream</param> static public voi ... Modified: February 02, 2018 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 Q&A Frequently Asked Questions Knowledge Base Contact Support