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Lec1 - Intro To SDBMS

A Spatial Database Management System (SDBMS) is designed to store and query spatial data like vector objects, raster objects, and networks. It inherits most features of traditional database management systems but also supports spatial data types, spatial query languages, spatial indexing, and spatial operations. A SDBMS allows for the efficient management and analysis of large collections of spatial objects that have both conventional attributes and spatial characteristics like geometric position and extent.

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Lec1 - Intro To SDBMS

A Spatial Database Management System (SDBMS) is designed to store and query spatial data like vector objects, raster objects, and networks. It inherits most features of traditional database management systems but also supports spatial data types, spatial query languages, spatial indexing, and spatial operations. A SDBMS allows for the efficient management and analysis of large collections of spatial objects that have both conventional attributes and spatial characteristics like geometric position and extent.

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What is Database??

• Database is organized
collection of data for one or
more purposes and such
digital databases are managed
using database management
system (DBMS), which store
database contents, allowing
data creation and
maintenance, search and
other access.
Why there is a need of SDBMS?
• The volume of spatial data available for processing
increases rapidly over the years with the evolution of
sensing devices and telecommunication technology.
• Traditional DBMS systems support simple data
types : number, string, date etc.
• Most data that can be stored and analyzed carry
spatial information. As a result, the management of
location and geometric features of entities is an
essential component of a modern database
management system.
SDBMS
• Spatial Database Management System (SDBMS)
manage large collection of spatial objects, which apart
from conventional features include spatial
characteristics, such as geometric position and extent.
• Guting (1994) defined spatial database system as a class
of database system that have the following three
characteristics:
– A SDBMS is a database system
– It offers spatial data types (SDT)in its data model and query
language.
– It supports SDTs in its implementation, providing at least
spatial indexing and an efficient algorithm for spatial
operations
GIS and SDBMS
• Guting (1994) in his definition considered
spatial databases only as the underlying
technology for GIS.
• Hence, spatial database system are by no
means fully operational GIS and may only
facilitate a small subset of the functions that
GIS provide.
• Thus, GIS uses SDBMS to store, search, query,
share large spatial datasets.
Why not with RDBMS??
Why not only GIS ??
• GIS is not a database system, although it can
be connected to a DBMS.
• GIS cannot efficiently manage large quantities
of non-spatial data.
• They lack ad-hoc querying capability (They
provide a restricted form of predefined
queries)
What is SDBMS??
• Spatial Database management system that is
designed to store and query spatial data –
vector objects, raster objects, and networks
• Most of DBMS features are inherited
• It also supports spatial data models with
abstract data types (ADTs), spatial query
language, spatial indexing, spatial operations
• Generally based on Object-relational DBMS
(ORDBMS).

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