Integrated Cartographic and Programmatic Access to Spatial Data using Object-Oriented Databases in an Online Web GIS

Nowadays cartography and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are becoming more and more intertwined with custom software development as for example in Web GIS applications. In this context, this paper raises some concerns that go towards programmer-friendly access of spatial data in the realm of cartography. We argue that there is an objectrelational impedance mismatch between the traditional cartographic workflow, where relations are used to store/access spatial data and the objectoriented software development. Therefore, this research promotes integrated cartographic and programmatic application development based upon the concept of using object-orientation for overall handling of geospatial data access and visualization over the Web.