A spatial database is a specialized type of database that is designed to manage and analyze data that is associated with a specific location or geometry. It is optimized for storing, retrieving, and manipulating data that has a spatial component, such as geographical information or any other type of spatial data. Spatial databases often integrate with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to provide advanced location-based services and analysis. Spatial databases are particularly useful for applications that require understanding the spatial relationships between different data points, such as urban planning, environmental monitoring, transportation management, and many others. They can handle complex spatial queries, perform spatial joins, and support operations like overlay analysis, buffering, and network analysis. Spatial databases typically use a variety of data structures and indexing methods to efficiently manage spatial data. They may also support extensions to SQL (Structured Query Language) that are designed to work with spatial data types and functions. read more >>

A spatial database is a database that is optimized for storing and querying data that represents objects defined in a geometric space. Most spatial databases allow representing simple geometric objects such as points, lines and polygons.read more >>