Spatial Databases
Subtitle: With Application to GIS (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
Published: May 18, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9781558605886
Subjects: Databases & data structures; Geographical information systems (GIS); Earth Sciences - Geography; Database Engineering; Information Systems (Geography); Science; Computers - Data Base Management; Computer Books: General; Geographic information systems; Database Management - General; Information Storage & Retrieval; Computers / Information Storage & Retrieval
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