Spatial Databases 101

In addition to the main characteristics, spatial database management systems (SDBMS) should

contain a good framework to combine geometric with thematic information
be as general as possible and not designed for one particular area of applications
have a formally defined semantics that is closed under set theoretic, geometric and topological operations, and that is defined in terms of finite representations
be independent of a particular DBMS but cooperate with any
use efficient implementation techniques
have a gateway to multimedia and visual interface

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