The TatukGIS Editor is also quick and easy to install. It is free of cumbersome external libraries and installs with a footprint of less than 100 mb. It is also very fast and requires a minimum of computing resources.
Because the TatukGIS Editor is free of unwieldy external libraries and requires a minimum of computing resources, it is also easy to install and run on Linux and Macintosh via the free Wine (http://www.winehq.org/) Windows emulator.
Actually, Wine is not strictly a Windows emulator. "Wine is a translation layer (a program loader) capable of running Windows applications on Linux and other POSIX compatible operating systems (like MacOS X). Windows programs running in Wine act as native programs would, running without the performance or memory usage penalties of an emulator, with a similar look and feel to other applications on your desktop." (http://www.winehq.org/about/)
To run the TatukGIS Editor in Wine on Linux, Wine version 1.0 or or later is required. In addition, MDAC and GdiPlus.dll (from Windows) must also be installed. Instructions for installing MDAC on Wine are outlined here: http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-users/2007-April/027112.html
Users have reported the best luck installing the TatukGIS Editor on Linux versions that utilize the generic Linux kernel, such as Debian and Ubuntu. The TatukGIS Editor failed to work on customized Linux kernels like Fedora. If a fix to this problem is found, it will be posted.
The screenshot below is of the TatukGIS Editor version 2.0 running in Wine on Kubuntu 8.10 (Linux 2.6.27-14-generic).
The TatukGIS Editor works on MacOS X via Wine Crossover (http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxmac/).
The screenshot below is of the TatukGIS Editor version 2.0 running in Wine Crossover on Macintosh. It displays the TatukGIS Editor's ability to warp raster images on-the-fly.
The screenshot below is of the TatukGIS Editor version 2.0 running in Wine Crossover on Macintosh. The TatukGIS Editor's scripting functionality is being used to display map data in Google Maps using the Safari browser.
All of the functions of the TatukGIS Editor are available when it is run through Wine. Of particular interest is that all of the customization capabilities introduced with the TatukGIS Editor version 2.0 function properly on Wine.
This means that customizations created with the TatukGIS Editor can be used without time-consuming recompilation on Windows, Linux, and MacOS X.!
Thanks to Adam and Thomas for his help on this item.
