Modeling Spatial Data within Object Relational-Databases

Spatial data can refer to elements that help place a certain object in a certain area. These elements are latitude, longitude, points, geometric figures represented by points, etc. However, when translating these elements into data that can be stored in a computer, it all comes down to numbers. The...

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Main Authors: Iuliana BOTHA, Anda VELICANU, Adela BARA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bucharest University of Economic Studies 2011-03-01
Series:Database Systems Journal
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Online Access:http://www.dbjournal.ro/archive/3/4_Botha_Velicanu_Bara.pdf
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Summary:Spatial data can refer to elements that help place a certain object in a certain area. These elements are latitude, longitude, points, geometric figures represented by points, etc. However, when translating these elements into data that can be stored in a computer, it all comes down to numbers. The interesting part that requires attention is how to memorize them in order to obtain fast and various spatial queries. This part is where the DBMS (Data Base Management System) that contains the database acts in. In this paper, we analyzed and compared two object-relational DBMS that work with spatial data: Oracle and PostgreSQL.
ISSN:2069-3230