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Many applications (such as computer-aided design (CAD), geographic information systems (GIS), computational geometry and computer vision) operate on spatial data. Generally speaking, spatial data are associated with spatial coordinates and extents, and include points, lines, polygons and volumetric objects.
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Bertino, E. et al. (1997). Spatial Databases. In: Indexing Techniques for Advanced Database Systems. The Springer International Series on Advances in Database Systems, vol 8. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6227-6_2
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