文中主要探讨了开放式GIS的规程和关键技术,促进数据、系统和机构的互操作,总结了世界上著名公司最近GIS产品实现互操作的技术途径,给出了国际上有关GIS互操作、开放式GIS研究的最新进展以及近期发展方向。

Reasearch in GIS interoperability has primarilly focused on specification, heterogeneous software, semantic interoperability, and other key implementation technologies. They are the basic of interoperability of GIS data, GIS systems and organizations. This paper provides an-overview of the interoperabilty and reality of GISs, and gives the avaliability, interoperability and flexibility-of GIS data, systems and organizations. Moreover, this paper focuses on one of the new OpenGIS key technologies, the development of interoperability for data, systems and organizations, as well as summarizes up the reality of interoperable products and services of some famous GIS communities and companies.