Oracle Spatial & Oracle Locator: Location Features for Oracle Database 10g

location based services




The location features in Oracle Database 10g provide a platform that supports a wide range of applications—from automated mapping/facilities management and geographic information systems (GIS), to wireless location services and location-enabled e-business. The Oracle Database 10g, Oracle Application Server 10g, and Oracle E-Business Suite include and make use of location features to deliver unique business advantages to users.



Through Oracle Spatial and Oracle Locator, geographic and location data are managed in a native type within Oracle Database 10g. Oracle Locator is a feature of Oracle Database 10g Standard and Enterprise Editions that provides core location functionality needed by most customer applications to support a variety of location-based services (LBS) and 3rd party GIS solutions. Oracle Spatial is an option for Oracle Enterprise Edition that provides advanced spatial features to support high-end GIS and LBS solutions. Oracle MapViewer is an Oracle Application Server Java component and JDeveloper extension used for map rendering and viewing geospatial data managed by Oracle Spatial or Locator.



Oracle Spatial and Oracle Locator have been adopted as the preferred location platform by leading GIS and LBS vendors. Oracle Spatial and Oracle Locator have also been deployed by telecommunications, utilities, and government organizations worldwide. Oracle Spatial and Oracle Locator comply with the OGC Simple Features for SQL Specification, Types and Functions Alternative.



Technical Information

New/Updated for Oracle Database 10g Release 2
Spatial and Locator—Data Sheet (PDF) August 2005
Oracle Locator: Location-Enabling Every Oracle Database—Technical White Paper (PDF) August 2005
Oracle Spatial 10g—Technical White Paper (PDF) August 2005
New Oracle Database 10g GeoRaster: Scalability and Performance Analysis—Technical White Paper (PDF) August 2005
Oracle Database 10g, Managing Spatial Raster Data Using GeoRaster—Technical White Paper (PDF) May 2005
Oracle Database 10g, Managing Spatial Raster Data Using GeoRaster—Business White Paper (PDF) May 2005
Oracle Database 10g. Building GIS Applications Using the Oracle Spatial Network Data Model—Technical White Paper (PDF) May 2005
Oracle Database 10g, Oracle Spatial Network Data Model—Technical White Paper (PDF) May 2005
Empowering Applications with Spatial Analysis and Mining—Technical White Paper (PDF) May 2005
Oracle Spatial Partitioning: Best Practices—Technical White Paper (PDF) May 2005

Best Practices—White Paper (PDF) December 2003
Spatial Data Storage and Topology in the Redesigned MAF/TIGER System—White Paper (HTML) March 2005
Open Interoperability With Oracle Spatial Technology—Autodesk White Paper (PDF) September 2003
Oracle Oracle Database 10g Release 1 Spatial Technical Information
Oracle9i Spatial Technical Information
Partner Downloads, Plug-ins & Data

New Get more information on LizardTech's Spatial Express plug-in to store MrSID & JPEG 2000-compressed raster imagery in Oracle Spatial 10g GeoRaster April 2006
New for 10g Download iSMART Explorer 4.4, a Free-of-Charge Oracle Spatial DBA tool to discover, view and edit your Oracle Spatial data from your Microsoft® Windows Desktop September2005
New for 10g Download trial version of Acquis Data Editor for Oracle 10g Locator and Spatial July 2004
New for 10g Download PCI Geomatics raster data loader and free viewer for Oracle Spatial GeoRaster June 2004
New for 10g NAVTEQ data is available for sale to users of Oracle10g Spatial and/or Locator by the County, State, US or European Country. Data is in the Oracle10g Spatial mapping, geocoding and routing schema and delivered in transportable tablespaces. May 2005
New for 10g Sample data download from NAVTEQ for Oracle Spatial geocoder March 2004