Abstract
Abstract The paper draws a surveying-oriented distinction between data and information, as applicable to data bases. The need for surveyors to participate in data base design and applications software development is stressed. Textual, aspatial and spatial elements are given descriptions, for use in this paper, to aid in understanding the three currently operational data base architectures and the emerging object-oriented software architecture. The role of a survey data base is highlighted along with the implications of other related data bases within Land Information Systems. The dynamic and static nature of different data bases, and the requirement for a static data base of survey-related elements to support historic research into matters such as the cadastral land parcel framework at a given period, is noted. Major impacts are summarised.
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