Geographic information system software engineering technology

Guide: This chapter introduces the basic concepts of software engineering, software development activities, process model and two important development methods: structured method and object-oriented method. The application of software engineering technology in the process of GIS development can improve the efficiency and quality of software development. This chapter describes several application aspects of software engineering technology in the development of GIS system：

Components and architecture of GIS software

Requirement analysis

Data management design

User interface design

Application of design patterns in GIS software development

Management of application configuration is suppot for spatial process

These aspects involve different stages and levels in the process of GIS development. Some methods are mutually exclusive, such as UML and Code methods. But the most important thing of software engineering technology is practicality. Developers can choose different technologies according to specific conditions。

• Introduction to software engineering
  • Basic concepts
  • Software engineering activities
  • Structured method and object-oriented method
  • Development process model
• Architecture and components in the field of GIS
• Requirement analysis of GIS
• Data management design
  • All files are managed
  • Document combination relational database management
  • All adopt relational database management
  • Using object-oriented database (OO-DBMS) management
• Interface design
  • Interface design principles
• Design patterns in GIS
• Using CASE tool in GIS project-Spatial process support and spatial data configuration management