Basic Details
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Product Name |
Grid InQuest |
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Product Description |
The Grid Inquest component library is used to convert coordinates given in Longitude / Latitude to OS coordinate systems used in Great Britain, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland. The utility is provided by Quest in conjunction with the Ordnance Survey to software developers as a free to use and distribute toolkit. |
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Supplier |
Quest Geo Solutions Ltd |
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Supplier Website |
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Elements in HighStone |
Geo-positional Coordinate Conversion |
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Development License |
Utility is published for free use in applications |
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Run Time License |
Royalty-free distribution of run-time libraries |
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Usage Policy |
Utility is built in to application modules that require the conversion. HighStone Application must be compiled to match the target release version of the library. |
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UK Distributor |
Not applicable |
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Development Component Price (Approx) |
No Charge |
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First Year of Use |
2008 |
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User Installation |
COM Based DLL - Requires an Interop module to link with .NET environment Supporting .DAT data file must also be distributed |
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Component Files |
GIQ60.dll GIQ60.dat Interop.GIQ60Lib.dll |
Usage Profile
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Library File |
HighStone Module |
Notes |
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GIQ60 |
HighGate |
Used to convert positional data between Longitude and Latitude, and OS Grid References of Easting and Northing. |
Usage Notes
GIQ60 DLL is used by the HighGate data interface module to convert coordinates between stored OS Grid References (Easting and Northing) and the coordinate system given by satellites and used on mobile GPS devices (Longitude and Latitude).
The component library is used only in application modules that need to perform the conversion. Core HighStone modules store and display data values as OS Grid References, whilst all mobile devices giving GPS capability work in Longitude and Latitude.
There is no equivalent library available for use on Windows CE platforms.
The component library has not been published in a .NET compatible form.