Abstract
This paper presents a promising approach of using component-oriented geographical
information systems (GIS) to facilitate improved medical and ecological applications.
The integration of administrative geographical and medical data (map overlay) allows
sophisticated and advanced analysis. This can serve as a basis to detect undiscovered
relationships. We hope to increase the usage of geographical information by the creation
of a general framework. This approach is mainly supported by two advances in recent
years. Geographical data (e.g. administrative areas) is up-to-date, consistent and
covers Germany completely. In addition, enormous technological improvements in the
area of high-bandwidth networks and component-based software development have been
made. These advances allowed to define our general framework for the integration of
GIS functions into existing and already accepted applications.
Keywords
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) - Medical Studies - Framework - Component Ware
