基于关系数据库系统的空间数据处理方法_英文_.pdf

1000-9825/2002/13(01)0008-07 ©2002 Journal of Software 软 件 学 报 Vol.13, No.1 Managing Method of Spatial Data in Relational Database · Management Systems 1,2 1 1 ZHU Tie-wen , ZHONG Zhi-nong , JING Ning 1(School of Electrical Science and Engineering, National University of Defence Technology, Changsha 410073, China); 2(The First Aeronautical Institute of Air Force , Zhengzhou 464000, China) E-mail: twzhu@21 Received March 6, 2001; accepted July 12, 2001 Abstract: Today, data are stored in and managed by a DBMS(database management system). Relational database is the current database technique to solve the problem in the flat-file and hierarchical database model. In the application of GIS(geographical information system), it recurs to a mechanism i.e. so-called Spatial Database for arranging, analyzing and viewing spatial data. Because spatial database contains many different data formats and structures, these complex data lead to that spatial data manipulation and process may be very complex and difficult and tend to make mistakes. In this paper, we advise a new method by using relational database to manipulate spatial data. The scheme is to introduce the concept of RSDD (i.e., Regularly Spatial Discrete Domains ), then define concepts about RPO (i.e., RSDD_based Primary Object) and RO (i.e., RSDD_based Object). The concept of RSDD can solve the conflict between the infinite precision real numbers of spatial object and the finite precision number systems of computers. Key words: relational database; spatial database; RSDD; GIS Geographical information s