We have ship tracking software, for which one of our clients is after some raster data. We have found a supplier that is able to offer the data, but they have the following requirement:
"We need to ensure that the raster data supplied to your customers is inaccessible to any software other than that developed by you". Does anyone have any decent ideas about how to do this? I know that it can be done because the Admiralty Raster Charts system (ARCS) manages it somehow. I can't think of any good way to do it, especially as we don't want any performance hit each cycle. One fly in the ointment is that we are going to have multiple raster charts in these displays, and the other raster charts are all in WGS-84. Also we have a software limitation that the workspace MUST be in WGS-84 due to the way it was written (to take in GPS data). I believe that with raster charts that are WGS-84 this forces the workspace to WGS-84 anyway (though my experience is all with MI 4.5 - haven't even taken my new MB 8.0 out of the box yet). Presumably the data on the hard drive can be in a different format, but by the time MapInfo sees it, it must be in (or look like) WGS84 raster data. If there is a solution out there that costs a reasonable amount we may also be interested in that. Thanks, Dave _______________________________________________ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
