Gis Components: an Overview of the Software Format Approaches
Résumé
The paper proposes a softwarel multimedia point of view of the resources and
fi1e formats used in GIS applications. An overview of the most known software
approaches for GIS data management and components is proposed in order to
famlliar:rc and focus to the one of the most dynamic multimedia tools. A syntesis of the
characteristics of specific file formats for geographic knowledge representation is made.