ThinkGeo.Ecw works with both .NET Core(3.0 and above) and .NET Framework(4.6.2 and above). It is a layer extension to the ThinkGeo product line that provides the ability to render an Ecw file on a map. ECW is a wavelet image compression system developed by ER Mapper. It allows you to combine and compress large sets of satellite images into a single file. The images can be accessed very quickly at a variety of scales. ** This is an extension for use in ThinkGeo's product line, and cannot be used standalone. See below for more details. ** Docs and Product Guides: https://docs.thinkgeo.com/ API Documentation: https://wiki.thinkgeo.com/wiki/12.0/thinkgeo.core ThinkGeo Cloud APIs: https://cloud.thinkgeo.com This is a commercial product with a free 30-day evaluation. Start your evaluation by signing up at https://helpdesk.thinkgeo.com/register and downloading the ProductCenter application. Supported Platforms: Windows, Linux - ThinkGeo UI Components based on .NET Core - ThinkGeo UI for Android. ThinkGeo UI for iOS. ThinkGeo UI for Blazor. ThinkGeo UI for WebApi. ThinkGeo UI for WPF.


Keywords
.NETCore, .NETStandard, Compression, ECW, Enhanced, File, Format, GIS, Image, Mapping, Raster, Spatial, ThinkGeo, Wavelet, map-suite, mapsuite, winforms
Install
Install-Package ThinkGeo.Ecw -Version 14.0.0-beta002

Documentation

Ecw Sample for WinForms

Description

The Ecw Sample template represents an ECW file for drawing on the map.

ECW: ECW is a wavelet image compression system developed by ER Mapper.It allows you to combine and compress large sets of satellite images into a single file. The images can be accessed very quickly at a variety of scales. It is very popular in the GIS community.

Please refer to Wiki for the details.

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Requirements

This sample makes use of the following NuGet Packages

MapSuite 10.0.0

About the Code

LayerOverlay overlay = new LayerOverlay();

//To resolve issue that we cannot run the executable by double click it on linux, we need to find out the absolute path by reflection.
string baseDirectory = System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;
string ecwLayerFileName = Path.GetFullPath (Path.Combine (baseDirectory, "../../App_Data/World.ecw"));

EcwRasterLayer ecwRasterLayer = new EcwRasterLayer(ecwLayerFileName);
overlay.Layers.Add(ecwRasterLayer);

Getting Help

Map Suite Desktop for Winforms Wiki Resources

Map Suite Desktop for Winforms Product Description

ThinkGeo Community Site

ThinkGeo Web Site

Key APIs

This example makes use of the following APIs:

About Map Suite

Map Suite is a set of powerful development components and services for the .Net Framework.

About ThinkGeo

ThinkGeo is a GIS (Geographic Information Systems) company founded in 2004 and located in Frisco, TX. Our clients are in more than 40 industries including agriculture, energy, transportation, government, engineering, software development, and defense.