Pro Oracle Spatial for Oracle Database 11g P1

Organizations are discovering with increasing frequency that the vast majority of their informationassets have a spatial component, for example, the location of customers, shipments, facilities,personnel, competitors, and so on. The ability to use this information properly is fundamental toreducing operational costs, optimizing production efficiency, and increasing the quality of service.Evidence of the benefits that can be achieved by exploiting spatial information is plentiful, andmany organizations are looking at ways of harvesting these benefits....
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Pro Oracle Spatial for Oracle Database 11g P1Pro Oracle Spatial forOracle Database 11gRavi Kothuri, Albert Godfrind, and Euro BeinatPro Oracle Spatial for Oracle Database 11gCopyright © 2007 by Ravi Kothuri, Albert Godfrind, Euro BeinatAll rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means,electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrievalsystem, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner and the publisher.ISBN-13: 978-1-59059-899-3ISBN-10: 1-59059-899-7Printed and bound in the United States of America 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1Trademarked names may appear in this book. 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Although every precau-tion has been taken in the preparation of this work, neither the author(s) nor Apress shall have anyliability to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directlyor indirectly by the information contained in this work.The source code for this book is available to readers at http://www.apress.com in the Source Code/Downloadsection.Contents at a GlanceAbout the Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xixAbout the Technical Reviewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiAcknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiiiIntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvSetting Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxiPART 1 ■■■ Overview■CHAPTER 1 Spatial Information Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3■CHAPTER 2 Overview of Oracle Spatial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19■CHAPTER 3 Location-Enabling Your Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37PART 2 ■■■ Basic Spatial■CHAPTER 4 The SDO_GEOMETRY Data Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55■CHAPTER 5 Loading, Transporting, and Validating Spatial Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115■CHAPTER 6 Geocoding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151■CHAPTER 7 Manipulating SDO_GEOMETRY in Application Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207PART 3 ■■■ Spatial and Network Analysis■CHAPTER 8 Spatial Indexes and Operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243■CHAPTER 9 Geometry Processing Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305■CHAPTER 10 Network Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345■CHAPTER 11 The Routing Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417PART 4 ■■■ Visualization■CHAPTER 12 Defining Maps Using MapViewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437■CHAPTER 13 Using Maps in Your Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503 iiiPART 5 ■■■ Spatial in Applications■CHAPTER 14 Sample Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581■CHAPTER 15 Case Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...