本文主要论述采用面向对象的认知思想和方法来表达现实世界，包括面向对象的发展，面向对象的核心概念，并阐述其在地理信息系统中的应用：地理信息系统的空间抽象数据类型、面向对象分析、面向对象设计以及面向对象的实现等。最后简要介绍其在城镇地籍信息系统开发实例中的应用，指出面向对象地理信息系统将是今后的重要发展方向 This paper mainly discusses the use of object-oriented cognitive thinking and method to express the real world, including object-oriented development and object-oriented core concepts, and expounds its application in geographic information system: the spatial abstract data types of GIS, Object analysis, object-oriented design and object-oriented implementation. Finally, it briefly introduces its application in the development of urban cadastral information system. It points out that the object-oriented geographic information system will be an important development direction in the future