spatial database
[database structures] A structured collection of spatial data and its related attribute data, organized for efficient storage and retrieval.
Design and construction of large spatial databases for environmental modeling has remained topical for both the GIS and environmental modeling community as evidenced in part by the interest and content of the three international conferences sponsored ...
Spatial Database Management
During the early 1980's, the change in format and computer environment of mapped data was utilized.
Spatial Database Management Systems
PostGIS - Spatial extensions for the open source PostgreSQL database, allowing geospatial queries.
H2Spatial for H2_(DBMS)
SpatialLite for SQLite
MySQL Spatial ...
Spatial Database Service - Advanced Extraction Dialog
Tab-based interface, for advanced users
Save connection settings
Local->One ProjectWise user
Global->ProjectWise users
Reload existing connections
Floating dialog ...
Spatial Database Catalogs and Libraries are implemented through use of a consistent index and search strategy based on the Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and Z39.50 Search and Retrieve protocols.
Spatial Database Engine (SDE)
Another ESRI product, SDE, is beginning to come into wide and regular use. The SDE format allows GIS data to be stored completely within a relational database such as Oracle or SQL Server.
Street Spatial Database, the DDOT central GIS data repository for all transportation related assets and data.
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Within a spatial database, spatial data is treated as any other data type. Vector data can be stored as point, line or polygon data types, and may have an associated spatial reference system.
Centre for Spatial Database Management and Solutions
CSDS
California Surveying and Drafting Supply ...
a user of a spatial database may not know how the data were captured and processed prior to input
this often leads to misinterpretation, false expectations about accuracy
F. STANDARDS
standards may be set to assure uniformity ...
Line: In spatial databases, a linear vector with only a start and endpoint, containing no intermediary (shape) turning points.
Two of the largest spatial databases which are national in coverage include the US. Geological Survey's DLG (Digital Line Graph) database, and the U.S. Census Bureau's TIGER (Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing) database.
This standard specifies a structure and content for spatially referenced data in order to facilitate data transfer between dissimilar spatial database systems.
World Spatial Database on Protected Areas !
The Global Health Atlas
GLOBAL Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data
MODIS Reprojection Tool Web Interface
GLOBAL Gridded Population Maps and Data
European GLOBAL Digital Archive on Soil Maps ...
New tools for modeling spatial databases
As we have seen the new spatial warehouses and datamarts are based on spatial databases. The left side of the figure 1 represents 'traditional' relational, object relational or object oriented databases.
Provides the infrastructure required to manage multiple users editing the same spatial database with long transactions, alternate versions, and history.
Provides a centralized, spatial database that is independent from a relational database management system and enables simultaneous editing by multiple users, significantly increasing productivity ...
This tutorial will show the user how to import Shapefile GIS Data into the PostgreSQL/PostGIS spatial database. In PostgreSQL, GIS Data is stored in the format of a table.
2 Choice of vector, raster or combined forms of spatial database
The choice of vector, raster, or combined, forms for the spatial database may be determined by the GIS in use.
The base map is the most accurate spatial database within a data system. Base maps tend to be streets, parcels and other fundamental layers.
Modeling: Applying structured rules and procedures to one or more spatial database overlays to conduct spatial and/or network analysis to derive new information to aid in problem solving and planning.
The updated spatial and non-spatial database on the Municipal GIS system helps the concerned Municipality to export and generate the maps and also print them for any specific usage by the concerned field officer, ...
Using ArcIMS, which provides Internet access to its ArcSDE-Oracle managed spatial database, ...
Shapefile Editable spatial database format generated in ESRI's desktop software application called ArcView. Editable spatial database format generated in ESRI's desktop software application called ArcView.
Researchers at the World Wild Life Fund in India (WWF-India) are expanding their uses of automated raster to vector conversion software to create a large scale spatial database for their biodiversity conservation programs in India.
Laskowski, Piotr H. 1989. "The traditional and modern look at Tissot's indicatrix." Chapter 14 in Accuracy of Spatial Databases. Eds. Michael Goodchild and Sucharita Gopal. Taylor and Francis. Bristol, PA. p. 155-174.
After Geocoding, try an interactive rematch to see if you can fix the addresses that don't match.
Explore your new spatial database!
Use a spatial join to associate census information with your sites ...
MapObjects can be used to view or manipulate ARC/INFO coverage, ArcView shapefiles, ESRI's SDE (Spatial Database Engine) layers and relational database/SQL queries.
The accuracy of spatial databases and the propagation of error during data analysis are complex issues (Newcomer and Szajgin 1984, Vitek et al. 1984, Walsh et al. 1987, Goodchild and Gopal 1989, Lunetta et al. 1991).
Information for any geographic area, large or small, can be extracted, queried, and analyzed. Carried to its full extent, a continuous spatial database has no "seams" or boundaries that represent physical or logical file breaks in the storage of GIS ...
Object - A set of points, lines or polygons in a spatial database that represent a real-world entity. These can be manipulated, and counted in a GIS, and are represented in a GIS as shapefiles ...
 See also: Database, Spatial Data, Information, GIS, Model
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