I am trying to decide if ThinkGeo Map Suite would fit our needs. We have a project in Visual Studio 2010 in Visual C++.
Need to be able to load a map into separate window. Need to load DTED data. Also should be able to path values between the window that has the map displayed and the rest of the project. Would that be possible with ThinkGeo? Does it provide DTED (digital terrain elevation data) data support? Does ThinkGeo has Visual C++ support?
DTED data support
Hi Valeria,
As your mentions, I have two advises about your questions:
1. The DTED is supported by FdoExtension on “MapSuiteCore”, so you can refer the “MapSuiteCore” and “FdoExtension” in your project.
2. I think the managed C++ will be required between MapSuite products and your project. A managed C++ transforming project is required, it will be a bridge between Visual C++ codes and C# codes.
Thanks,
Thank you but can you be more specific. Where do I get FdoExtension on MapSuiteCore. I am not yet familiar with Map Suite.
And how do I get access of managed C++ transforming project?
Thank you
Hi Valeria,
1. You can find FdoExtension from the path like this after you install our product center:
C:\Program Files (x86)\ThinkGeo\Map Suite 8.0\Shared Developer Reference\Map Suite Extensions\Extensions\Fdo Extension
2. The transforming project is work for convert from managed c++ project to unmanaged c++ project.
Our map control created by C#, which is managed language, so you need to create a managed c++ project first, then reference our map control and FdoExtension.dll, write c++ code to render map. After that, you can look for a utility from internet and convert the project from managed c++ to unmanaged c++. But I am sorry we don’t have more experience about that, so we don’t have more suggestion about the conversion utility.
Wish that’s helpful.
Thanks,