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Oracle Spatial, Raster Data

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Oracle Spatial GeoRaster; DEM; Image; Field data; SQL; Gridded data

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Oracle Spatial supports raster data storage and management within the Oracle RDBMS (Relational Database Management System) server. This Oracle database feature is called GeoRaster, which lets you store, index, query, analyze, and deliver raster image and gridded data and its associated metadata. GeoRaster provides a native SQL (Structured Query Language) data type and an object‐relational schema. More specifically, it provides the SDO_GEORASTER data type, which can be used to define one or more columns of any user table. Each image or a multilayer grid, such as multispectral or hyperspectral images, DEM (Digital Elevation Model) and thematic raster maps, is then stored as a GeoRaster object in a row of that column in that table. The GeoRaster objects can be referenced to positions on the Earth's surface or in a local coordinate system. The user-defined table containing one or more...

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  1. Murray, C., Blowney, J., Xie, J., Xu, T., Yuditskaya, S., Zhang, Z.: Oracle Spatial GeoRaster, 10g Release 2 (10.2). Oracle, Redwood Shores, CA, USA (2005)

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  1. Server Technologies & Location-Based Spatial Products, Oracle USA, Nashua, NH, USA

    Qingyun (Jeffrey) Xie

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  1. Qingyun (Jeffrey) Xie
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  1. Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    Shashi Shekhar (McKnight Distinguished University Professor) (McKnight Distinguished University Professor)

  2. Management Science and Information Systems Department, Rutgers Business School Newark and New Brunswick Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA

    Hui Xiong (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

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Xie, Q.(. (2008). Oracle Spatial, Raster Data. In: Shekhar, S., Xiong, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of GIS. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35973-1_938

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