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Contents<br />

Preface ............................................................................................................................................................. xxv<br />

Audience................................................................................................................................................... xxv<br />

Documentation Accessibility................................................................................................................. xxv<br />

Related Documents ................................................................................................................................. xxvi<br />

Conventions ............................................................................................................................................. xxvi<br />

What’s New in Oracle Spatial?......................................................................................................... xxvii<br />

3-D Geometry Support .......................................................................................................................... xxvii<br />

Enhanced Web Services Support: Business Directory, Web Feature Service, Catalog Services, and<br />

OpenLS xxvii<br />

Routing Engine Enhancements ............................................................................................................ xxvii<br />

SQL Multimedia Types.......................................................................................................................... xxvii<br />

Annotation Text..................................................................................................................................... xxviii<br />

DEFAULT Geocoding Match Mode Equivalent to RELAX_POSTAL_CODE............................. xxviii<br />

New MatchVector Attribute for SDO_GEOR_ADDR ..................................................................... xxviii<br />

SDO_GEOM.CLOSEST_POINTS Procedure..................................................................................... xxviii<br />

Part I Conceptual and Usage Information<br />

1 Spatial Concepts<br />

1.1 What Is Oracle Spatial? .............................................................................................................. 1-2<br />

1.2 Object-Relational Model ............................................................................................................ 1-2<br />

1.3 Introduction to Spatial Data ...................................................................................................... 1-3<br />

1.4 Geometry Types .......................................................................................................................... 1-3<br />

1.5 Data Model................................................................................................................................... 1-4<br />

1.5.1 Element.................................................................................................................................. 1-4<br />

1.5.2 Geometry............................................................................................................................... 1-5<br />

1.5.3 Layer ...................................................................................................................................... 1-5<br />

1.5.4 Coordinate System............................................................................................................... 1-5<br />

1.5.5 Tolerance............................................................................................................................... 1-6<br />

1.5.5.1 Tolerance in the Geometry Metadata for a Layer.................................................... 1-6<br />

1.5.5.2 Tolerance as an Input Parameter................................................................................ 1-7<br />

1.6 Query Model................................................................................................................................ 1-8<br />

1.7 Indexing of Spatial Data............................................................................................................. 1-9<br />

1.7.1 R-Tree Indexing.................................................................................................................... 1-9<br />

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