Carmenta Engine

Map Engine for Mission Critical Applications

Carmenta Engine is designed from the ground up to meet the demanding geographic requirements of high-performance applications. Carmenta Engine can be trusted to handle everything relating to maps and other spatial data in any type of 2D and 3D Windows and Linux application. The Carmenta Engine SDK empowers developers to create better applications more rapidly than with competing technologies.

Carmenta Engine offers excellent performance when visualizing and processing large and complex geospatial data. The platform has a proven record of 24/7/365 reliability after several years of continuous service in mission critical defense and security systems, such as applications for mission planning and ambulance dispatch.

With Carmenta Engine it is easy to integrate map functionality seamlessly into applications. Applications can be built using popular programming platforms such as .Net or C++ based environments such as QT. The native .Net API follows the .Net guidelines and has fast direct access to the Carmenta Engine kernel.

Key Technical Features and Benefits

  • Efficient application development using native .Net and C++ APIs
    - Develop more in less time
  • Has top-of-the-line 2D and 3D rendering capabilities
    - Create great looking real time oriented maps
  • Reads geographic data directly from more than 70 formats
    - Use data in original formats, no conversion of data is needed
  • Uses hardware accelerated graphics
    - Main CPU is offloaded. With low CPU load, the CPU is free to do more time critical tasks
  • Uses multi core CPUs
    - Unleashes the full potential of the latest generation of CPUs
  • Parallel and asynchronous processing of data
    - Keeps the user interface responsive
  • Can be extended with advanced tactical graphics or terrain analysis functions such as line of sight

Demo and evaluation

We suggest that you download the Carmenta Engine Demo to get an idea of what kinds of applications you can develop with the Carmenta Engine SDK. If you like what you see, request an evaluation of the full SDK.

Mobile Map Engine

For development of mobile clients and applications on Pocket PC and Windows Mobile, Carmenta also provides a leaner version of Carmenta Engine called Carmenta Engine Lite.

For more information, please contact us or download the brochures in the column to the right.