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spatial database  

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  • 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]

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