Integrate Cygnus Track with Google Earth
 Cygnus Track, ThinkGeo's enterprise satellite asset tracking solution, can now be integrated with Google Earth! In just a few mouse clicks, you can be visualizing your trackable assets from Cygnus Track on Google Earth's three-dimensional stage, for the ultimate visual experience.
Google Earth's rich satellite imagery and simulated flyovers provide an added dimension of visualization to your Cygnus Track tracking efforts. Now you can quickly and easily see your tracked assets in the context of the surrounding terrain, simulated three-dimensional buildings and other features that Google Earth includes — all without any complicated setup processes or additional expense.
Integrating your Cygnus Track organizations, places and tracked assets is as simple as setting up a Network Link in the Google Earth application. In just a few seconds, the recent activity of the various devices under each of your Cygnus Track organizations will appear on the globe, and in the "My Places" list for easy retrieval.
If you'd like to find out more about the Cygnus Track satellite asset tracking solution, visit our website or request that one of our sales staff get in touch with you to discuss your tracking needs. You can also call toll-free 1-866-847-7510 to speak with us right away.
Cygnus Track Support for Enfora MT-GL
If you need GPRS/GSM devices for your tracking operations, we have good news: Cygnus Track will soon natively support the Enfora MT-GL quad band wireless modem right out of the box.
This rugged, economical compact wireless IP device is a perfect pair with the Cygnus Track solution, even when employed in harsh or dangerous environments. Its ruggedized housing makes it easily portable, and resistant to damage and extreme environmental conditions. The MT-GL unit operates on a variety of frequency ranges between 850 and 1900 MHz, supports two-way communications, and comes with a variety of digital inputs and outputs for versatility.
 ThinkGeo hopes to start including native support for the Enfora MT-GL with Cygnus Track solutions in the very near future. If you have questions or would like further details, feel free to contact our professional sales staff today.
ThinkGeo: A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner
ThinkGeo has been recognized by Microsoft as a Gold Certified Partner, representing the highest level of quality and excellence in working with Microsoft technologies and solutions.
Whether you're building your own geospatial application, or are seeking certified professional assistance in getting a mapping solution done in time to meet your clients' deadline, ThinkGeo has the resources, technology and expertise to help you succeed. Contact us today to find out how we can assist you.
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Need to Track Assets Internationally?
ThinkGeo now has the resources to help you get an international tracking solution up and running. In addition to our full-featured family of Cygnus Track enterprise tracking software, we now have access to a wide variety of data providers from around the world — giving you the opportunity to select from a vast array of geographic data available for many countries around the globe.
Now you can look to ThinkGeo for geographic data covering more than 55 locales worldwide, including: U.S. and Canada; Argentina; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Greece; Honduras; Jamaica; Lebanon; Mexico; Peru; Puerto Rico; Philippines; Venezuela and many, many more.
 In addition, Cygnus Track's Custom Data Integration capabilities mean you can supply your own custom dataset for any locale large or small, or even specialty features like power lines, pipelines or any other data you desire. With Cygnus Track, you can fully customize your tracking with your own data tailored especially for your operations.
To inquire about ThinkGeo's international data products, or to learn more about Cygnus Track, contact us today.
Tech Tips
Increasing Performance by Building a Spatial Index for your ShapeFiles
Performance is always a major consideration with any application. By using Map Suite's built in spatial index functionality, you can dramatically increase the rendering speed of large ShapeFiles. A spatial index will give you the most bang for your buck when you have a very large ShapeFile but only want to show a very small section this ShapeFile on the map. For example, let's say you have a very detailed and large file outlining all of the county boundaries of the United States, and you want those boundaries to show once the user zooms down to 100 miles or less. Having a spatial index will dramatically increase performance since it can be used to find the counties just in the visible area instead of searching the entire ShapeFile.
Building spatial indexes is quite easy and only needs to be done once for a given ShapeFile. Depending upon the size of your ShapeFile it can take up to several minutes to build the index file, but this wait is time well spent since it will improve the performance of your application. One of the easiest ways to build a spatial index is to load the ShapeFile into Map Suite Explorer, highlight the layer in the tree control on the left and then hit the Build Index button.
If using Map Suite Explorer doesn't fit your need, you can always use the BuildIndex method off of the Layer object in code to fulfill your requirements. The code example below shows how to accomplish this:
VB.Net
'Check to see if the Layer has an index if not build a spatial index
If Not Layer.HasIndex Then
Layer.BuildIndex()
End If
C#
//Check to see if the Layer has an index if not build a spatial index
if (! Layer.HasIndex)
Layer.BuildIndex();
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