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areas of business are more concerned with the manipulation of spatial data and series data.
This application typically goes beyond standard relational DBMSs, which manipulate only flat
(two-dimensional) data. Spatial or multi-dimensional issues and the ability to handle complex
data types are commonplace in engineering and scientific applications.
Object-Relational DBMS (ORDBMS) are now being developed, and they not only offer
traditional relational DBMS features, but also support complex data types. Objects can be
stored and manipulated, and complex queries at the database level can be run. Object data is
data about real objects, including information about their location, geometry, and topology ...