SU Yongxiu; LI Zheng; QIN Liangxi; Huang Yonglin
A component GIS is a component objects based platform for GIS applications development. It provides GIS functions with a group of components that have standard communication interfaces and can be used in multiple languages. Compared with traditional GIS, a component GIS has many advantages, for example, it is easy to integrate with other systems, can be conveniently embedded in multiple developing languages, has high extensibility, and can be easily used to develop a system. It has become a developing trend of GIS. The paper introduces the agroclimatic division system of Guangxi which is based on component GIS, presents the key implementation techniques, the architecture, the main functions of the system, and an example of system application is given.