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Spatial databases : with application to GIS

Spatial Databases is the first unified, in-depth treatment of special techniques for dealing with spatial data, particularly in the field of geographic information systems (GIS). This book surveys various techniques, such as spatial data models, algorithms, and indexing methods, developed to address specific features of spatial data that are not adequately handled by mainstream DBMS technology. The book also reviews commercial solutions to geographic data handling: ArcInfo, ArcView, and Smallworld GISs; and two extensions to the relational model, PostgreSQL and Oracle Spatial. The authors examine these underlying GIS technologies, assess their strengths and weaknesses, and consider specific uses for which each product is best suited. * Examines the strengths of various query languages and approaches to query processing. * Explains the use of computational geometry in spatial databases GISs, providing necessary background and an in-depth look at key algorithms. * Covers spatial access methods, including the R-tree and several space-driven structures, and is filled with dozens of helpful illustrations
eBook, English, ©2002
Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, San Francisco, ©2002
geographic information systems
1 online resource (xxix, 410 pages) : illustrations, maps
9780585456539, 9781558605886, 9780080517469, 0585456534, 1558605886, 0080517463
52610406
1 AN INTRODUCTION TO SPATIAL DATABASES
2 REPRESENTATION OF SPATIAL OBJECTS
3 LOGICAL MODELS AND QUERY LANGUAGES
4 THE CONSTRAINT DATA MODEL
5 COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY
6 SPATIAL ACCESS METHODS
7 QUERY PROCESSING
8 COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS. An introduction to spatial databases
Representation of spatial objects
Logical models and query languages
The constraint data model
Computational geometry
Spatial access methods
Query processing
Commercial systems
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