You should be able to answer the following questions:
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- What types of operations are needed for maps, what for objects?
- Can you think of any constraints for maps' operations?
- What are the main Spatial Data Types?
- Would you define a data type for map or no, why?
- Compare relational versus object-oriented databases for the
spatial domain?
- How is the aggregation of objects or maps implemented in relational
and object-oriented databases?
- When does the relational model break for spatial information?
Assignment II (Deadline Friday 28, 2005).
Consider the lecture of Chaper 3 of the Spatial Databases: A Tour,
S. Shekhar and S. Chawla, Prentice Hall, 2003, ISBN 013-017480-7 answer
exercises 3.1-3.4,3.8-3.10.
