October 23, 2009 -- TatukGIS has released the 9.0 upgrade of its GIS Developer Kernel product as managed .NET and native VCL editions. The TatukGIS Developer Kernel is a comprehensive SDK for the custom development of stand-alone, embeddable, and client-server GIS applications using object-oriented languages.

The DK.NET edition is a fully managed .NET WinForms component for use with C#, VB.NET, etc., and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET assemblies 2.0 and higher.

The DK-VCL edition is a native Delphi/C++ Builder VCL (visual component library) for use with the Delphi and C++Builder development platforms.

The 9.0 version introduces important new features including:

• Advanced support for coordinate systems/projections reflecting EPSG codes and OpenGIS WKT definitions, with almost 3,000 predefined coordinate systems (including all U.S. State Planes) and user-defined coordinate systems.
• On-the-fly reprojection of image, grid, and vector map layers for display of map layers from different coordinate system on a single map.
• Automatic coordinate system recognition with most layer types.
• Image, grid, and vector map rotation.
• Support for additional vector/raster map formats: TAB/MAP, DWG2000, S-57, JSON, WMS, WFS, LandXML, OpenStreetMap, GSHHS, FME, GDL/OGR, Surfer Binary Grid.
• Support for additional spatial database map layer formats: Microsoft SQL Spatial Server, PostGIS, MapInfo SpatialWare, Oracle GeoRaster, ArcSDE Raster.
• Support for user-defined layers to read/write data from almost any source.
• Editing/storage of 3D shapes (Z & M values).
• Grid data export.
• Antialiased output for enhanced map rendering quality.
• HTML style rendering of labels.
• Unicode support.
• Hierarchical layers, layer grouping, sub-layers, sub-projects.
• Support for Delphi and C++Builder versions 2009/2010
• Support for touch screen interface with Delphi/C++Builder 2010
• Hundreds of other improvements.

A full product description with specifications is available on the TatukGIS web site at the link: www.tatukgis.com/products/Dk/kernel.aspx

DK.NET 9.0 and DK-VCL 9.0 evaluation versions are available from the TatukGIS web site.

The version 9 upgrade of the DK-ActiveX (OCX) product edition, for ActiveX development and supporting .NET via COM/Interop, will follow soon.

For information about TatukGIS, refer to the company web site at: www.tatukgis.com