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The Oracle Spatial User's Guide and Reference provides usage and reference information for indexing and storing spatial data and for developing spatial applications using Oracle Spatial and Oracle Locator.
Oracle Spatial requires Oracle9i Enterprise Edition and is a priced option. It is a foundation for the deployment of enterprise-wide spatial information systems, and Web-based and wireless location-based applications requiring complex spatial data management. Oracle Locator is a feature of Oracle9i Standard and Enterprise Editions. It offers a subset of Oracle Spatial capabilities (see Appendix C for a list of Locator features) typically required to support Internet and wireless service applications and partner-based GIS solutions.
Oracle9i and Oracle9i Enterprise Edition have the same basic features. However, several advanced features, such as extended data types, are available only with the Enterprise Edition, and some of these features are optional. For example, to use Oracle9i table partitioning, you must have the Enterprise Edition and the Partitioning Option.
For information about the differences between Oracle9i Standard Edition and Oracle9i Enterprise Edition and the features and options that are available to you, see Oracle9i Database New Features.
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Note: The relational geometry model of Oracle Spatial is no longer supported, effective with this release. Only the object-relational model is supported. |
This preface contains these topics:
This guide is intended for anyone who needs to store spatial data in an Oracle database.
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This guide has two main parts (conceptual and usage information, and reference information) and several appendixes with supplementary information. The first part is organized for efficient learning about Oracle Spatial; it covers basic concepts and techniques first, and proceeds to more advanced material (such as coordinate systems, the linear referencing system, geocoding, and extending spatial indexing).This guide has the following elements.
Contains chapters with conceptual and usage information.
Introduces spatial data concepts.
Explains the object-relational schema.
Explains how to load spatial data.
Explains how to index and query spatial data.
Provides conceptual and usage information about coordinate system (spatial reference system) support.
Provides conceptual and usage information about the Oracle Spatial linear referencing system (LRS).
Explains how to extend the capabilities of Oracle Spatial indexing.
Contains chapters with reference information.
Provides the syntax and semantics for SQL indexing statements.
Provides the syntax and semantics for methods used with the spatial object data type.
Provides the syntax and semantics for operators used with the spatial object data type.
Provides the syntax and semantics for the geometric functions and procedures.
Provides the syntax and semantics for the spatial aggregate functions.
Provides the syntax and semantics for the coordinate system transformation functions.
Provides the syntax and semantics for the linear referencing (LRS) functions.
Provides the syntax and semantics for the migration functions.
Provides the syntax and semantics for the tuning functions and procedures.
Provides the syntax and semantics for the utility functions and procedures.
Contains appendixes with supplementary Information, and a glossary.
Describes installation, compatibility, and migration issues.
Describes hybrid indexing.
Describes Oracle Locator.
Defines important terms.
Technologies of interest to spatial application developers, but not officially part of Oracle Spatial, are sometimes made available through the Oracle Technology Network (OTN). To access the OTN, go to
For more information, see the following documents:
Oracle9i Database Error Messages - Spatial messages are in the range of 13000 to 13499.
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