methods
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: spatial database

data modeling
type: Concept
narrower: spatial database

spatial database
type: Concept
broader: data modeling
definition: Spatial databases are the foundation for computer-based applications involving spatially referenced data (i.e., data related to phenomena that have a position and possibly a shape, orientation, and size). Spatial databases can be implemented using various technologies, the most common now being the relational technology. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science; Database, Spatial]