List of Figures

1-1 Geometric Primitive Types

1-2 Additional Geometry Types Using the Object-Relational Model

1-3 Query Model

1-4 Quadtree Decomposition and Morton Codes

1-5 Fixed-Size Tiling with Many Small Tiles

1-6 Fixed-Size Tiling with Fewer Large Tiles

1-7 Tessellated Geometry

1-8 Variable-Sized Tile Spatial Indexing

1-9 Decomposition of the Geometry

1-10 The 9-Intersection Model

1-11 Distance Buffers for Points, Lines, and Polygons

2-1 Areas of Interest for Simple Example

2-2 Rectangle

2-3 Geometry with a Hole

2-4 Compound Element

2-5 Compound Polygon

3-1 Polygon with Hole

3-2 Line String Consisting of Arcs and Straight Line Segments

3-3 Compound Polygon

3-4 Compound Polygon with a Hole

3-5 Sample Domain

3-6 Fixed-Size Tiling at Level 1

3-7 Fixed-Size Tiling at Level 2

4-1 Tessellated Layer with Multiple Objects

4-2 Tessellated Layer with a Query Window

7-1 SDO_GEOM.SDO_DIFFERENCE

7-2 SDO_GEOM.SDO_INTERSECTION

7-3 SDO_GEOM.SDO_UNION

7-4 SDO_GEOM.SDO_XOR

9-1 Reversing a Geometric Segment

9-2 Translating a Geometric Segment

12-1 Complex Polygon

13-1 Sample GIS Domain

13-2 Fixed-Size Tiling at Level 1

13-3 Fixed-Size Tiling at Level 2

14-1 Tessellated Layer with Multiple Objects

14-2 Tessellated Layer with a Query Window

14-3 Spatial Join of Two Layers

C-1 Oracle Geocoding Framework

E-1 Geometric Segment

E-2 Describing a Point Along a Segment with a Measure and an Offset

E-3 Measures, Distances, and Their Mapping Relationship

E-4 Measure Populating of a Geometric Segment

E-5 Measure Populating With Disproportional Assigned Measures

E-6 Linear Feature, Geometric Segments, and LRS Points

E-7 Creating a Geometric Segment

E-8 Defining a Geometric Segment

E-9 Redefining a Geometric Segment

E-10 Clipping, Splitting, and Concatenating Geometric Segments

E-11 Measure Assignment in Geometric Segment Operations

E-12 Segment Direction with Concatenation

E-13 Scaling a Geometric Segment

E-14 Locating a Point Along a Segment with a Measure and an Offset

E-15 Ambiguity in Location Referencing with Offsets

E-16 Multiple Projection Points

E-17 Conversion from Standard to LRS Line String

E-18 Simplified LRS Example: Highway