WE PRESENT A VISUAL LANGUAGE, CQL, FOR GEOGRAPHIC DATABASE RETRIEVAL. CQL INTRODUCES A NEW VISUAL ELEMENT, CARD, AS ITS PRIMITIVE PICTORIAL ELEMENT. IT A/LOWS THE END USER TO CREATE HIS PROGRAMS VISUALLY AND TO REPRESENT QUERY SENTENCE EXPRESSION IN FULL GRAPHICS. THE SYNTAX AND SEMANTIC OF CQL ARE DESCRIBED IN THIS PAPER.WE PRESENT A VISUAL LANGUAGE, CQL, FOR GEOGRAPHIC DATABASE RETRIEVAL. CQL INTRODUCES A NEW VISUAL ELEMENT, CARD, AS ITS PRIMITIVE PICTORIAL ELEMENT. IT A/LOWS THE END USER TO CREATE HIS PROGRAMS VISUALLY AND TO REPRESENT QUERY SENTENCE EXPRESSION IN FULL GRAPHICS. THE SYNTAX AND SEMANTIC OF CQL ARE DESCRIBED IN THIS PAPER.