Platforms Supported

• Silicon graphics
• Sun
• HP
• Linux

Map data currently supported by ESMS

• VMAP (Level 0), WVS Plus
• ESRI Shapefile
• CADRG
• GeoTiff

Map data routines currently supported through API's

• GeoTiff
• NITF
• ESMS maintains the older FORTRAN compatible APIs as well as the new C/C++ API developer tools.

ESMS Developer Tools

• C-Callable Subroutine Interface: ESMS provides over 400 routines callable from C language. All SMS and SMS+ capabilities provided by ESMS are accessible through this subroutine interface. ESMS has several new APIs which are avaible through the new API set.
• Interactive Command Language (ICL): The ICL provides the ESMS rapid prototyping capabilities. The ICL uses English-like grammar with built-in tools for variable and symbol defintion.

ESMS Map Display & Analysis Capabilities

• Multiple map control
• Panning and zooming
• Overlay management and display control
• Map color control
• Map projections: Mercator, pseudo-universal transverse, polar sterographic, Lambert conformal, conic.
• Grid display: latitude, longitude, Georef, UTM, and surface elevation grids.
• Terrain shading: slope, elevation, peak, and shadow shading
• Line of sight: terrain masking, both ground and air line of sight
• Cross section analysis
• Object drawing and management including linking objects and object tracking