Overview

Cadcorp Applications for Spatial Information Systems (apSIS) is a suite of programmable Microsoft Component Object Model (COM) objects and controls, which gives the developer the capability to add mapping and GIS capabilities to their bespoke applications.

This software developer kit features support for ER Mapper's ECW format on the Pocket PC platform. Developers using Cadcorp apSIS will now be able to harness the sophisticated compression technology, which was previously only available on the desktop, on the Pocket PC 2002 platform. ECW images, typically hundreds of megabytes in size, can be displayed and used in real-time on Intel StrongArm hardware such as the Compaq IPAQ. Users can also connect to remote ER Mapper Image Web Servers to obtain their aerial photography, or base map data.

At the heart of the Cadcorp apSIS Software Developer Kit (SDK) is the apSIS ActiveX control. The control and apSIS COM objects provide sophisticated 'geo-spatial' functionality in the Windows environment.

Because the apSIS SDK has a comprehensive Application Programming Interface (API), developers can get at exactly the functionality they require in order to build bespoke, or embedded, GIS applications.

Cadcorp apSIS has received extensive OGC conformance which reinforces the fact that apSIS developers are using the most pioneering, inter-operable GIS tool kit in the market.

Cadcorp apSIS offers:
* Extensive Co-ordinate System support
* Support for multiple vector, raster and database formats, including Ordnance Survey
* NTF and Cadcorp OS MasterMap database support as standard
* Data creation and editing
* Thematic mapping and visualization
* Scaleable 'thin-client' applications for your enterprise
* Comprehensive support files and documentation
* Pioneering OGC conformance

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