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2012-2013 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

SIE 555 - Spatial Database Systems

Covers internal system aspects of spatial database systems. Layered database architecture. Physical data independence. Spatial data models. Storage hierarchy. File organization. Spatial index structures. Spatial query processing and optimization. Transaction management and crash recovery. Commercial spatial database systems.

Prerequisites & Notes
SIE 550 and programming experience in Java, C++ or C.

Credits: 3