Not Just for Maps: CPS as a System for Structured Geographic Data Management

Author: Andreas Oxenstierna
Organization: T-Kartor Sweden AB

Box 5097
Kristianstad, 291 05
Sweden

Phone: +46 44 206800
Fax: +46 44 128256
ao@t-kartor.se

T-Kartor Sweden AB has developed, marketed, and sold Cartographic Production System (CPS) as an application built on top of ArcInfo for the past seven years. It has been targeted for specific use by numerous organizations concerned with high-quality cartography. While its ability to produce maps has been the focal point of marketing CPS, its ability to organize and manage both simple and complex sets of geographic data has received relatively little attention. This paper will discuss the functionality and methods developed in CPS for data management as well as present some new expanded areas of application development.