TatukGIS Debuts Advanced Support for Coordinate Systems with GIS Editor 2.0

June 11, 2009

TatukGIS has released an upgrade of its desktop GIS Editor product with new features such as advanced support for coordinate systems, new data formats, and scripting for customizing or extending the Editor beyond its core features.

The new scripting features make the GIS Editor 2.0 appropriate for specialized situations requiring advanced level GIS functionality, according to the company. It is offering a free trial version of the software through its website.

New features in GIS Editor 2.0 include:

Pascal and Basic scripting support including a full-fledged scripting IDE for writing and debugging code that exposes inside the Editor the full power of the TatukGIS Developer Kernel application programming interface.
sample scripts illustrating export to Google Earth, cooperation with Google Maps, and Virtual Earth, GPS tracking, downloading WFS layer, coordinate calculations, and other custom functions.
advanced support for coordinate systems/projections based on EPSG codes with almost 3,000 predefined coordinate systems (including all U.S. state planes) and user-defined coordinate systems.
on-the-fly reprojection of pixel (images), grid (DEM), and vector layers with display of maps from different coordinate system on a single map; in most cases the coordinate system parameters are read directly from the layer, according to Tatuk GIS.
support for new data formats including TAB/MAP, DWG2000, S-57, JSON, WMS, WFS, LandXML, OpenStreetMap, GSHHS, FME, MSSQL Spatial Server, PostGIS, Oracle GeoRaster, ArcSDE Raster, and Surfer Binary Grid.
support for user-defined layer to read/write data from almost any source.
editing/storage of 3D shapes (Z & M values).
grid data export.
database joining for live joins to external databases.
antialiased output for enhanced map rendering quality.
full Unicode support for all foreign language characters.
HTML style rendering of labels.
hierarchical layers, layer grouping, sub-projects.
template based printing with ability to add new print layouts.
support for already supported formats such as TAB (writing), WMS (final support), KML with automatic coordinate system support and other changes to improve compatibility.
improved user interface.
improved data table operations.
improved predefined world and continent map presentation in mini-map panel.
rewritten help files.