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Multimedia and Application Packages - Part 3: Spatial. The Oracle Spatial support for
these types is described in a new chapter (Chapter 3).
Oracle Spatial now supports annotation text as specified in the OpenGIS Implementation
Specification for Geographic information - Simple feature access - Part 1: Common
architecture. This support is described in Section 3.4.
DEFAULT Geocoding Match Mode Equivalent to RELAX_POSTAL_
CODE
The DEFAULT match mode for geocoding operations is now equivalent to the
RELAX_POSTAL_CODE mode. In the previous release, it was equivalent to the
RELAX_BASE_NAME mode. The match modes for geocoding operations are
explained Section 11.1.2.
New MatchVector Attribute for SDO_GEOR_ADDR
MatchVector has been added as the last attribute for the SDO_GEO_ADDR object
type. This attribute is a string that indicates how each address attribute has been
matched against the data used for geocoding. The MatchVector attribute is listed in
Table 11–6 and is explained more fully in Section 11.1.5.
SDO_GEOM.CLOSEST_POINTS Procedure
The new SDO_GEOM.SDO_CLOSEST_POINTS procedure (described in Chapter 24)
computes the minimum distance between two geometries and the points (one on each
geometry) that are the minimum distance apart.