Oracle Spatial User's Guide and Reference Release 9.0.1 Part Number A88805-01 |
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Oracle9i Locator (also referred to as Locator) supports the geocoding, storage, and retrieval of geocoded spatial data in Oracle9i databases. Locator is not designed to be an end-user application, but is a set of spatial capabilities for application developers.
Locator has been enhanced for release 9.0.1. In general, it includes the data types, operators, and indexing capabilities of Oracle Spatial, along with a limited set of the functions and procedures of Spatial. The Locator features consist of the following:
For Oracle8i, LOCATOR_WITHIN_DISTANCE was the only Locator operator supported. For Oracle9i, LOCATOR_WITHIN_DISTANCE and SDO_WITHIN_DISTANCE are synonyms (same signatures and behavior), and both are supported.
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For information about spatial concepts, the SDO_GEOMETRY object type, and indexing and loading spatial data, see Chapters 1 through 4 in this manual. For reference and usage information about features supported by Locator, see the chapters listed in Table C-1.
Chapter | Supported Locator Features |
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Geocoding |
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SQL statements for creating, altering, and deleting indexes |
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SDO_GEOMETRY object type methods |
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Spatial operators |
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