ARQUITETURA DE SOFTWARE PARA CONSTRUÇÃO DE BANCOS DE DADOS GEOGRÁFICOS COM SGBD OBJETO- RELACIONAIS KARINE REIS FERREIRA, GILBERTO RIBEIRO QUEIROZ, JOÃO ARGEMIRO PAIVA , RICARDO CARTAXO MODESTO DE SOUZA, GILBERTO CÂMARA Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais - INPE Av. dos Astronautas, 1758, São José dos Campos (SP), Brazil 12227-001 {karine, gribeiro, miro, cartaxo, gilberto}@dpi.inpe.br Abstract. This paper describes a software architecture for development of geographic databases that uses object-relational DBMS, like PostgreSQL and Oracle Spatial, sharing a common programming interface. This work is part of TerraLib, an open source software allowing a collaborative environment and use for the development of multiple GIS tools. Keywords. Object-relational DBMS, Geographic Databases, Software Architecture, GIS.