Spatial Data Management

Spatial database management deals with the storage, indexing, and querying of data with spatial features, such as location and geometric extent. The field emerged from Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Computer Aided Design (CAD) applications, from which it became apparent that there is a need for the efficient management of large-scale spatial data. More recently, Location Based Services (LBS) brought spatial data management needs to common users, who routinely run spatial queries on their computers or mobile devices. Although the evolution of spatial data management was mainly driven by the need to provide efficient support for the ever-increasing volume of spatial information, in applications such as GIS or...