Chapter 1 Changing Paradigm in Map Production and Geoinformation Management—An Introduction Markus Jobst and Georg Gartner Abstract Maps influence our daily life, either by being an interface that we consult, or in form of precise geospatial information in the background that influences our daily devices, such as the smartphone or car. The access to maps evolves into basic rights that e.g. is realized with volunteered geographic information. The concepts of processing geospatial data, creating geospatial information and transmitting geospatial knowledge make use of service-oriented architectures. The paradigm seems to change from a “collecting—assembling—storing” to a “reusing—assem- bling—sharing” methodology. This chapter explores the new paradigm in map production and geoinformation management, highlights its relevance and discusses the main important requirements that need to be considered. Keywords Service-oriented mapping Á SDI Á Map production Á Data integration Geoinformation management 1.1 A New Paradigm in Map Production 1.1.1 Role of the Map Today The availability of maps and its use cases have been extensively expanded over the last years (Caquard and Cartwright 2014). Starting with the digital era, maps spread in everyday lifes and help to understand complex spatial as well as temporal sit- uations (Peterson 2003). The artefact map is widely and publicly used for various situations spanning from navigation, topographic and environmental documenta- tion, thematic mapping and spatial management. All these application fields are M. Jobst (&) Austrian Federal Of fice for Metrology and Surveying, Vienna, Austria e-mail: markus@jobstmedia.at M. Jobst Á G. Gartner Research Group Cartography, Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria © Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019 J. Döllner et al. (eds.), Service-Oriented Mapping, Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72434-8_1 3