MapInfo SpatialWare Software
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MapInfo SpatialWare
The information management tool for storing, managing and manipulating location-based data.
MapInfo SpatialWare® data management software enables businesses to store, manage, and manipulate location-based, or spatial, data within an Relational Database Management System (RDBMS). This data includes a variety of non-traditional data types, such as digital representations of highways, fiber-optic lines, sales territories or land parcels - each with a physical component. SpatialWare, allows spatial data to be stored in the same place as traditional data, ensuring data accessibility, integrity, reliability and security.
MapInfo SpatialWare, offers more than 150 spatial functions - and the richest set of functionality in its class - and is ideal for:
- Cost-effective, centralized storage and management of location-based data
- Universal accessibility (of otherwise inaccessible) location-based data
- Large-scale deployment of powerful GIS functions and mapping applications - aligns with ISO SQL-1999 and ISO SQL/MM standards and widely used IT data storage and management practices
- High levels of security, back-up and integrity for valuable location-based data
- Bringing the analytical power and speed of RDBMS to location-based SQL queries
Multi-Platform Support
Support for Sun Solaris; Windows 2000, 2003, XP; and HP-UX.
Flexible Data Loading & Data Interchange
Adding ASCII data is a simple matter of formatting the data with standard SQL commands. No special converters are required. SpatialWare also easily loads MapInfo tables (.tab) files through Easy Loader.
MapInfo Professional® has a Universal Translator utility to convert files into .tab format. It translates bi-directionally between MapInfo Professional and other mapping environments including AutoCAD, ESRI and Intergraph. Formats include DWG, DXF, DGN, and Shape. Government formats supported in v6.0 include VPF and SDTS. The ESRI E00 format is supported by ArcLink, and the Atlas GIS native format is supported by AG*Link, both separate utilities are also included with MapInfo Professional.
Once in .tab format, files can easily be loaded into SpatialWare.
Powerful Standard SQL for Data Access
Uses standard SQL commands to create, update, insert, delete, and select spatial objects in a table. Standard SQL makes adapting to spatial information applications easier, leveraging existing expertise and overall investment.
Meets 'ACID' Test
Meets the database community ACID test for:
Atomicity - Commits all or nothing, essential for data integrity
Consistency - Consistency rules to allow system validation
Isolation - Data is not available to others until it commits and is in a consistent state
Durability - When data commits it is preserved with hardware or software features
Object Storage
Stores all data as objects, and includes, but is not restricted to the following geometry types:
- points
- polylines
- curves
- circular arcs
- polygons
150 Functions in Six Categories
SpatialWare has over 150 functions that allow you to analyze and manipulate spatial data. They are grouped into six categories:
- Spatial Predicates - analyze spatial data types to see if they meet specific conditions. A true or false is returned. 'Overlaps' and 'Contains' are examples of predicates.
- Spatial Measurements - return number values that describe a spatial data type's shape, size, angle, rotation, or position. Examples include 'Length,' 'Perimeter,' and 'Height.' Includes both cartesian and spherical coordinate systems.
- Spatial Functions - perform operations on spatial data types and return a spatial data type. For example, 'Union' joins two spatial data types and returns the combined result as a new spatial object.
- Constructor Functions - create new spatial objects. For example, 'Circle' is a spatial data type using a point and radius to create the circle.
- Observer Functions - return numbers, objects, or conditions from within a spatial object. 'Assemble' and 'Radius' are examples of Observer Functions
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Data stored in SpatialWare can be easily visualized using MapInfo Professional. ( click to enlarge) |
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Supports MapInfo clients including MapInfo Professional®, desktop mapping software; MapInfo MapX®, an OCX component, allows you to integrate a mapping object into new a pre-existing business applications; and MapInfo® MapXtreme® NT or Java editions, a mapping application server to add interactive maps to your web site.
Can be used in a 'Click before you dig application.' SpatialWare can execute the query to determine if a property boundary overlaps a gas main. Another example would be a cellular coverage application. The overlap operator can be used to determine if a coverage polygon overlaps a customer's home. Below is a diagram of what SpatialWare would return when executing an overlap query.
Takes a geometry, buffer distance, and filter tolerance. The filter parameter specifies a filter tolerance on the buffer creation process. Returns a new 'expanded' geometry. This operator is good for radial searches.
Returns the minimum boundary around a spatial object without the boundary being concave. The result is the spatial object representing the convex hull of the perimeter
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