Part III Reference Information

This document has the following parts:

• Conceptual and Usage Information provides conceptual and usage information about Oracle Spatial.

• Spatial Web Services provides conceptual and usage information about Oracle Spatial web services.

• Part III provides reference information about Oracle Spatial operators, functions, and procedures.

• Supplementary Information provides supplementary information (appendixes and a glossary).

To understand the examples in the reference chapters, you must understand the conceptual and data type information in Spatial Data Types and Metadata, especially SDO_GEOMETRY Object Type.

• SQL Statements for Indexing Spatial Data
  This chapter describes the SQL statements used when working with the spatial object data type.
• Spatial Operators
  This chapter describes the operators that you can use when working with the spatial object data type.
• Spatial Aggregate Functions
  This chapter contains reference and usage information for the spatial aggregate functions.
• SDO_CS Package (Coordinate System Transformation)
  The MDSYS.SDO_CS package contains subprograms for working with coordinate systems.
• SDO_CSW Package (Catalog Services for the Web)
  The MDSYS.SDO_CSW package contains subprograms for various processing operations related to support for Catalog Services for the Web (CSW).
• SDO_CSW_PROCESS Package [deprecated]
  The MDSYS.SDO_CSW_PROCESS package is deprecated.
• SDO_GCDR Package (Geocoding)
  The MDSYS.SDO_GCDR package contains subprograms for performing geocoding.
• SDO_GEOM Package (Geometry)
  The MDSIS.SDO_GEOM package contains subprograms for working with geometry objects.
• SDO_LRS Package (Linear Referencing System)
  The MDSYS.SDO_LRS package contains subprograms that create, modify, query, and convert linear referencing elements.
• SDO_MIGRATE Package (Upgrading)
  The MDSYS.SDO_MIGRATE package contains a single subprogram, SDO_MIGRATE.TO_CURRENT.
• SDO_OLS Package (OpenLS)
  The MDSYS.SDO_OLS package contains subprograms for Spatial OpenLS support.
• SDO_PC_PKG Package (Point Clouds)
  The MDSYS.SDO_PC_PKG package contains subprograms to support working with point clouds.
• SDO_SAM Package (Spatial Analysis and Mining)
  The MDSYS.SDO_SAM package contains subprograms for spatial analysis and data mining.
• SDO_TIN_PKG Package (TINs)
  The MDSYS.SDO_TIN_PKG package contains subprograms to support working with triangulated irregular networks (TINs).
• SDO_TRKR Package (Location Tracking)
  The MDSYS.SDO_TRKR package contains subprograms for using the location tracking server.
• SDO_TUNE Package (Tuning)
  The MDSYS.SDO_TUNE package contains subprograms for spatial tuning.
• SDO_WCS Package (Web Coverage Service)
  The MDSYS.SDO_WCS package contains subprograms associated with Oracle Spatial support for Web Coverage Service (WCS).
• SDO_UTIL Package (Utility)
  The MDSYS.SDO_UTIL package contains spatial utility subprograms.
• SDO_WFS_LOCK Package (WFS)
  The MDSYS.SDO_WFS_LOCK package contains subprograms for WFS support for registering and unregistering feature tables.
• SDO_WFS_PROCESS Package (WFS Processing)
  The MDSYS.SDO_WFS_PROCESS package contains subprograms for various processing operations related to support for Web Feature Services.