The state geodesic and cartographic resources include the following spatial databases: General Geographic Database, VMap L2, VMap L3 and Topographic Database. Only one of those databases – the VMap Level 2 base may at present serve as a reference database, since it covers the whole territory of Poland and its scope and level of detail is equivalent to the classical topographic map. Yet, the practical use of the VMap digital data is limited on account of the complex structure (224 feature classes grouped in eight categories) and the lack of automatic cartographic visualisation. This paper presents a proposal of VMap L2 database structure simplification for analyses and visualization purposes. There are three main methods of data integration described. The database modification experiments carried out with the use of GIS software allowed to choose one of them: according to the similarity of object characteristics with geometric type preservation. Although the usable structure of VMap L2 database is not free of drawbacks, it does meet the requirements laid down in the introduction.

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