Oracle Spatial explained!?

Can anyone tell me in layman terms about Oracle Spatial please? I know it's a feature to help GIS solutions but can someone define this for a novice such as myself?
Thanks, Ian Bennett

I have not actually used Oracle Spatial, but I do have some experience with GIS solutions. What I do know is that Oracle Spatial provides capabilities designed to more easily deal with geometric data types, such as shapes, lines and points. Functionality which would be difficult to achieve with standard data types is optimized (for example, the ability to query all customers within a 10 mile radius of a known location). Another common component of GIS systems is geocoding (converting an address to a geographic coordinate like latitude / longitude).
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I suggest reading the Oracle Spatial User's Guide

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Hi,
We are developing a tool that, we hope, will be indispensable for all Oracle Spatial and Locator dbas/users. We've released version 1.0, but we need your help to define the requirements for the next version.
What features would you like to have in a management tool for your spatial databases?
The features we've got so far:
1. Viewing of vector data in a map + attributes
2. Loading from shapefiles
3. Exporting to shapefiles
4. Validating metadata, indexes and spatial data.
We are adding editing of vectors in the next version - basic stuff for add, update and delete.
But there must be a lot more. What do you find difficult to do in Oracle Spatial/Locator? What would you like in a tool such as this?
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[email protected]
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Andrew knows what I have asked for but for others to think about and to start
the ball rolling, here's what they are:
1. Ability to enter own SQL commands but with PARAMETERS for attributes
and shapes as in the following examples:
SELECT ...
FROM my_spatial_table a
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Oracle Spatial 10g

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we are planing to use oracle spatial in oracle 10g release 2.For this feature where i can find the information related to its licence,Hardware requirements and about oracle spatial architecture.
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Oracle Spatial is an Enterprise Edition option only, Oracle Locator a free subset available in all editions. Please address licence questions to your sales representative,you won't get here an official answer,what exactly you have to pay.
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I posted my question with Oracle Support, however they directed me to the oracle forums. I am hoping this problem can be resolved here. In any event I am getting the following stack trace (shown below). I am using Spatial Version 11.2.0.1.0, Map Viewer 11.1.1.5.1, and WebLogic 10.3.5.0, and data-set provided by Pro Oracle Spatial for Oracle Database 11g - Apress boos. I have successful in deploying Map Viewer, Geocoder Server, but not the Routing Server.
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####<Nov 18, 2011 3:31:07 PM CST> <Error> <Deployer> <sa2apsp-spatialdev.sa2apsp.com> <AdminServer> <[ACTIVE] ExecuteThread: '0' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'> <<WLS Kernel>> <> <> <1321651867820> <BEA-149202> <Encountered an exception while attempting to commit the 1 task for the application 'routeserver'.>
####<Nov 18, 2011 3:31:07 PM CST> <Warning> <Deployer> <sa2apsp-spatialdev.sa2apsp.com> <AdminServer> <[STANDBY] ExecuteThread: '2' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'> <<WLS Kernel>> <> <> <1321651867826> <BEA-149004> <Failures were detected while initiating deploy task for application 'routeserver'.>
####<Nov 18, 2011 3:31:07 PM CST> <Warning> <Deployer> <sa2apsp-spatialdev.sa2apsp.com> <AdminServer> <[STANDBY] ExecuteThread: '2' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'> <<WLS Kernel>> <> <> <1321651867826> <BEA-149078> <Stack trace for message 149004
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     at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:52)
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     at weblogic.application.internal.DeploymentStateChecker.activate(DeploymentStateChecker.java:161)
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     at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.ActivateOperation.activateDeployment(ActivateOperation.java:150)
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     at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.AbstractOperation.commit(AbstractOperation.java:323)
     at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.handleDeploymentCommit(DeploymentManager.java:844)
     at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.activateDeploymentList(DeploymentManager.java:1253)
     at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.handleCommit(DeploymentManager.java:440)
     at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentServiceDispatcher.commit(DeploymentServiceDispatcher.java:163)
     at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.doCommitCallback(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:195)
     at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.access$100(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:13)
     at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer$2.run(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:68)
     at weblogic.work.SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl$WorkAdapterImpl.run(SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl.java:528)
     at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:209)
     at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:178)
>
####<Nov 18, 2011 3:31:07 PM CST> <Error> <Console> <sa2apsp-spatialdev.sa2apsp.com> <AdminServer> <[ACTIVE] ExecuteThread: '1' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'> <weblogic> <> <> <1321651867831> <BEA-240003> <Console encountered the following error weblogic.application.ModuleException: [HTTP:101216]Servlet: "RouteServerServlet" failed to preload on startup in Web application: "routeserver".
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     at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper$ServletInitAction.run(StubSecurityHelper.java:283)
     at weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(AuthenticatedSubject.java:321)
     at weblogic.security.service.SecurityManager.runAs(SecurityManager.java:120)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper.createServlet(StubSecurityHelper.java:64)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubLifecycleHelper.createOneInstance(StubLifecycleHelper.java:58)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubLifecycleHelper.<init>(StubLifecycleHelper.java:48)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.prepareServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:539)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.preloadServlet(WebAppServletContext.java:1985)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.loadServletsOnStartup(WebAppServletContext.java:1959)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.preloadResources(WebAppServletContext.java:1878)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.start(WebAppServletContext.java:3153)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.startContexts(WebAppModule.java:1508)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.start(WebAppModule.java:482)
     at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver$3.next(ModuleStateDriver.java:425)
     at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:52)
     at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver.start(ModuleStateDriver.java:119)
     at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ScopedModuleDriver.start(ScopedModuleDriver.java:200)
     at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleListenerInvoker.start(ModuleListenerInvoker.java:247)
     at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver$3.next(ModuleStateDriver.java:425)
     at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:52)
     at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver.start(ModuleStateDriver.java:119)
     at weblogic.application.internal.flow.StartModulesFlow.activate(StartModulesFlow.java:27)
     at weblogic.application.internal.BaseDeployment$2.next(BaseDeployment.java:636)
     at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:52)
     at weblogic.application.internal.BaseDeployment.activate(BaseDeployment.java:205)
     at weblogic.application.internal.EarDeployment.activate(EarDeployment.java:58)
     at weblogic.application.internal.DeploymentStateChecker.activate(DeploymentStateChecker.java:161)
     at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.AppContainerInvoker.activate(AppContainerInvoker.java:79)
     at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.AbstractOperation.activate(AbstractOperation.java:569)
     at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.ActivateOperation.activateDeployment(ActivateOperation.java:150)
     at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.ActivateOperation.doCommit(ActivateOperation.java:116)
     at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.AbstractOperation.commit(AbstractOperation.java:323)
     at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.handleDeploymentCommit(DeploymentManager.java:844)
     at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.activateDeploymentList(DeploymentManager.java:1253)
     at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.handleCommit(DeploymentManager.java:440)
     at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentServiceDispatcher.commit(DeploymentServiceDispatcher.java:163)
     at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.doCommitCallback(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:195)
     at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.access$100(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:13)
     at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer$2.run(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:68)
     at weblogic.work.SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl$WorkAdapterImpl.run(SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl.java:528)
     at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:209)
     at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:178)
     at oracle.spatial.router.server.RouteServerServlet.init(RouteServerServlet.java:102)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper$ServletInitAction.run(StubSecurityHelper.java:283)
     at weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(AuthenticatedSubject.java:321)
     at weblogic.security.service.SecurityManager.runAs(SecurityManager.java:120)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper.createServlet(StubSecurityHelper.java:64)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubLifecycleHelper.createOneInstance(StubLifecycleHelper.java:58)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubLifecycleHelper.<init>(StubLifecycleHelper.java:48)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.prepareServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:539)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.preloadServlet(WebAppServletContext.java:1985)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.loadServletsOnStartup(WebAppServletContext.java:1959)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.preloadResources(WebAppServletContext.java:1878)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.start(WebAppServletContext.java:3153)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.startContexts(WebAppModule.java:1508)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.start(WebAppModule.java:482)
     at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver$3.next(ModuleStateDriver.java:425)
     at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:52)
     at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver.start(ModuleStateDriver.java:119)
     at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ScopedModuleDriver.start(ScopedModuleDriver.java:200)
     at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleListenerInvoker.start(ModuleListenerInvoker.java:247)
     at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver$3.next(ModuleStateDriver.java:425)
     at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:52)
     at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver.start(ModuleStateDriver.java:119)
     at weblogic.application.internal.flow.StartModulesFlow.activate(StartModulesFlow.java:27)
     at weblogic.application.internal.BaseDeployment$2.next(BaseDeployment.java:636)
     at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:52)
     at weblogic.application.internal.BaseDeployment.activate(BaseDeployment.java:205)
     at weblogic.application.internal.EarDeployment.activate(EarDeployment.java:58)
     at weblogic.application.internal.DeploymentStateChecker.activate(DeploymentStateChecker.java:161)
     at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.AppContainerInvoker.activate(AppContainerInvoker.java:79)
     at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.AbstractOperation.activate(AbstractOperation.java:569)
     at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.ActivateOperation.activateDeployment(ActivateOperation.java:150)
     at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.ActivateOperation.doCommit(ActivateOperation.java:116)
     at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.AbstractOperation.commit(AbstractOperation.java:323)
     at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.handleDeploymentCommit(DeploymentManager.java:844)
     at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.activateDeploymentList(DeploymentManager.java:1253)
     at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.handleCommit(DeploymentManager.java:440)
     at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentServiceDispatcher.commit(DeploymentServiceDispatcher.java:163)
     at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.doCommitCallback(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:195)
     at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.access$100(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:13)
     at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer$2.run(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:68)
     at weblogic.work.SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl$WorkAdapterImpl.run(SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl.java:528)
     at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:209)
     at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:178)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.startContexts(WebAppModule.java:1510)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.start(WebAppModule.java:482)
     at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver$3.next(ModuleStateDriver.java:425)
     at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:52)
     at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver.start(ModuleStateDriver.java:119)
     at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ScopedModuleDriver.start(ScopedModuleDriver.java:200)
     at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleListenerInvoker.start(ModuleListenerInvoker.java:247)
     at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver$3.next(ModuleStateDriver.java:425)
     at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:52)
     at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver.start(ModuleStateDriver.java:119)
     at weblogic.application.internal.flow.StartModulesFlow.activate(StartModulesFlow.java:27)
     at weblogic.application.internal.BaseDeployment$2.next(BaseDeployment.java:636)
     at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:52)
     at weblogic.application.internal.BaseDeployment.activate(BaseDeployment.java:205)
     at weblogic.application.internal.EarDeployment.activate(EarDeployment.java:58)
     at weblogic.application.internal.DeploymentStateChecker.activate(DeploymentStateChecker.java:161)
     at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.AppContainerInvoker.activate(AppContainerInvoker.java:79)
     at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.AbstractOperation.activate(AbstractOperation.java:569)
     at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.ActivateOperation.activateDeployment(ActivateOperation.java:150)
     at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.ActivateOperation.doCommit(ActivateOperation.java:116)
     at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.AbstractOperation.commit(AbstractOperation.java:323)
     at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.handleDeploymentCommit(DeploymentManager.java:844)
     at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.activateDeploymentList(DeploymentManager.java:1253)
     at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.handleCommit(DeploymentManager.java:440)
     at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentServiceDispatcher.commit(DeploymentServiceDispatcher.java:163)
     at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.doCommitCallback(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:195)
     at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.access$100(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:13)
     at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer$2.run(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:68)
     at weblogic.work.SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl$WorkAdapterImpl.run(SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl.java:528)
     at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:209)
     at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:178)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException:
     at oracle.spatial.router.server.RouteServerServlet.init(RouteServerServlet.java:102)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper$ServletInitAction.run(StubSecurityHelper.java:283)
     at weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(AuthenticatedSubject.java:321)
     at weblogic.security.service.SecurityManager.runAs(SecurityManager.java:120)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper.createServlet(StubSecurityHelper.java:64)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubLifecycleHelper.createOneInstance(StubLifecycleHelper.java:58)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubLifecycleHelper.<init>(StubLifecycleHelper.java:48)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.prepareServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:539)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.preloadServlet(WebAppServletContext.java:1985)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.loadServletsOnStartup(WebAppServletContext.java:1959)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.preloadResources(WebAppServletContext.java:1878)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.start(WebAppServletContext.java:3153)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.startContexts(WebAppModule.java:1508)
>
####<Nov 18, 2011 3:31:07 PM CST> <Warning> <netuix> <sa2apsp-spatialdev.sa2apsp.com> <AdminServer> <[ACTIVE] ExecuteThread: '0' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'> <weblogic> <> <> <1321651867900> <BEA-423420> <Redirect is executed in begin or refresh action. Redirect url is /console/console.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=AppApplicationOverviewPage&AppApplicationOverviewPortlethandle=com.bea.console.handles.AppDeploymentHandle%28%22com.bea%3AName%3Drouteserver%2CType%3DAppDeployment%22%29.>
####<Nov 18, 2011 3:31:34 PM CST> <Info> <Health> <sa2apsp-spatialdev.sa2apsp.com> <AdminServer> <weblogic.GCMonitor> <<anonymous>> <> <> <1321651894879> <BEA-310002> <43% of the total memory in the server is free>
####<Nov 18, 2011 3:57:36 PM CST> <Info> <Health> <sa2apsp-spatialdev.sa2apsp.com> <AdminServer> <weblogic.GCMonitor> <<anonymous>> <> <> <1321653456622> <BEA-310002> <67% of the total memory in the server is free>
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Below is the configuration of the routeserver.ear (web.xml):
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.2//EN" "http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/web-app_2_2.dtd">
<web-app>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>RouteServerServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>oracle.spatial.router.server.RouteServerServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>

<init-param>
<param-name>routeserver_schema_jdbc_connect_string</param-name>
<param-value>jdbc:oracle:[email protected]:1521:SPATLDB</param-value>

</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>routeserver_schema_username</param-name>
<param-value>spatial</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>routeserver_schema_password</param-name>
<param-value>!spatial</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>routeserver_network_name</param-name>
<param-value>NDM_US</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>routeserver_schema_connection_cache_min_limit</param-name>
<param-value>3</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>routeserver_schema_connection_cache_max_limit</param-name>
<param-value>100</param-value>
</init-param>

<init-param>
<param-name>geocoder_type</param-name>
<param-value>httpclient</param-value>

</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>geocoder_match_mode</param-name>
<param-value>DEFAULT</param-value>
</init-param>

<init-param>
<param-name>geocoder_http_url</param-name>
<param-value>http://127.0.0.1:7001/geocoder</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>geocoder_http_proxy_host</param-name>
<param-value></param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>geocoder_http_proxy_port</param-name>
<param-value>-1</param-value>
</init-param>



<init-param>
<param-name>log_filename</param-name>
<param-value>/u01/app/routeserver/routeserver.ear/web.war/log/RouteServer.log</param-value>

</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>log_level</param-name>
<param-value>INFO</param-value>

</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>log_thread_name</param-name>
<param-value>true</param-value>

</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>log_time</param-name>
<param-value>true</param-value>

</init-param>

<init-param>
<param-name>max_speed_limit</param-name>
<param-value>34</param-value>

</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>local_road_threshold</param-name>
<param-value>25</param-value>

</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>highway_cost_multiplier</param-name>
<param-value>1.5</param-value>

</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>driving_side</param-name>
<param-value>R</param-value>

</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>language</param-name>
<param-value>English</param-value>

</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>long_ids</param-name>
<param-value>true</param-value>

</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>distance_function_type</param-name>
<param-value>geodetic</param-value>

</init-param>

<init-param>
<param-name>partition_cache_size_limit</param-name>
<param-value>125</param-value>

</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>partition_table_name</param-name>
<param-value>partition</param-value>

</init-param>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>RouteServerServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/routeserver</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>RouteServerServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/servlet/RouteServerServlet</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

<security-constraint>
<web-resource-collection>
<web-resource-name>AdminPage</web-resource-name>
<url-pattern>/admin.jsp</url-pattern>
</web-resource-collection>
<auth-constraint>
<role-name>rs_admin_role</role-name>
</auth-constraint>
</security-constraint>
<login-config>
<auth-method>BASIC</auth-method>
<realm-name>Oracle RouteServer Administration</realm-name>
</login-config>
<security-role>
<description>To perform RouteServer administration.</description>
<role-name>rs_admin_role</role-name>
</security-role>
</web-app>

Loading shapefiles into Oracle Spatial

Fellow Oracle Spatiallers!
Currently we edit Oracle Spatial data by checking data out into a shapefile,
making our changes off-line, and reloading the shapefile back into Oracle.
Instead of using the Oracle Spatial supplied tool, we decided to purchase
a utility called the "Spatial Loader" from a company called Geometry Pty Ltd
(http://www.geometryit.com). There are a number of reasons why we decided to
go that way which might become evident from the command line parameters of
this utility:
Usage: Shp2Spt [Arguments] [Options]
OR
Usage: Java com.geometryit.spatialloader.oracle.AdvancedJavaSpatialTranslator [Arguments] [Options]
[Arguments] must specify these values:
-o create
type of operation to perform
create creates a new table, must not exist already
recreate creates a new table, may exist already
init drops existing table, creates a new one
append appends data onto existing table
-f <shape_file>
the shape file or project to translate
-l <table,column>
target table and column for the geometry data
-D <database>
target database name
-u <username>
username for RDBMS
-p <password>
password for RDBMS
[Options] values are not necessarily required:
-s <server_name>
name of server with database
-port <port_number>
the port to connect to on the server
-ufi <column_name>
specify the name of the UFI field (unique ID)
-seq <sequence_name>
specify the sequence to use for the spatial data unique IDs
-a none
attributes mode
none no attributes will be transferred
all all attribtues will be transfered as found
file= file containing lines of the form:
<shape_attribute><space/tab><rdbms_column>
where
<shape_attribute> selects the column to be output
<rdbms_column> name of the column in RDBMS
-srid <id>
specify the Spatial Reference ID for the spatial data
(this must be set to use Spatial Reference Transformations)
-i [<level>] or -i rtree
create an index for the generated table
the <level> parameter is an optional integer
representing the depth of the quadtree created
if rtree is specified, the index created will be
an rtree
-c <commit_interval>
number of rows to commit after
-t <tolerance>
tolerance value for metadata
-r none
used to determine number of decimal places to round vertices to
if you use the tolerance-parameter option, specify the -t parameter before -r
-igc
ignore geometry collections
-sgc
split geometry collections
-sgd f
split geometry direction [forward | reverse]
-update-metadata <true/false>
update the Oracle Spatial Metadata table after loading data
-validate <true/false>
perform Oracle Spatial validation after loading data
-v
verbose mode on
-h or -?
display this help message
The main things I like about this tool are:
1. One step (no conversion to sqlloader form followed by a call to the sqlloader).
2. The ability to round the coordinates of the shapes in the shapefile by applying
the XY tolerance values held in the SDO_GEOM_METADATA table.
This is quite important because our editing package - due to double/single precision
issues - can actually move coordinates but those movements are sub the precision of
the actual data. By rounding to the nominate precision we can detect situations where
no actual change to the shape (and its attributes) was made and thus not create superfluous
revisions within the database.
3. It will correctly re-wind the coordinates of the outer/inner shells of polygons. This is
important as ESRI shapefiles are agnostic on the winding order: an outer shell coordinates
can be listed in either clockwise or anti-clockwise order.
4. You can specify the primary key (UFI) column (numeric) and an Oracle Sequence number such
that each new shape loaded can have its UFI assigned from that sequence.
Because of this flexibility, and the excellent support (it is a purchasable product) from the
developers, I can heartily recommend this loader to fellow Spatiallers. It is worth every
penny I spent on it. Try the free version on their website and if, like me, you like it,
purchase it!
regards
Simon

Hi Shuan,
As part of the zip file created for the next training course to be posted for Oracle Spatial on OTN (within the next few weeks) there is a free (unsupported, undocumented) version of a shape to sdo converter. This should work, but it is unsupported. It will create a layer that then needs to be migrated into 8.1.6 format.
If you need it quite soon send email to [email protected] and I can get it to you.
Hope this helps,
dan

Oracle Spatial and Oracle Forms

Hi,
Does anyone have experience with Oracle Spatial and Oracle Forms?
I have generated a form, which is based on a view. The view uses the mdsys.sdo_relate operator. Somehow I am unable to get the form to perform (to get one record it takes over 20 minutes). While useing sql-navigator to process the same statement it seems no problem. The query that also uses the view, is then processed in 10 seconds.
I also noticed that when text-functions like ' lower' of ' upper' are used to query the view, the query is processed within 15 seconds. If I don't use ' lower' or ' upper' it takes a long time (> 20 minutes) to process the query. Is it possible that this causes the bad performance of the form?
On metalink I have found that forms and spatial do not cooperate because of the pl/sql version that
forms6 uses. There is no solution presented, does anyone know of a work around?
My configuration is:
Oracle 8.1.7 on WIN2K @ PIII-800Mhz 256 Mb memory.
Formsbuilder 6
If requested I can post the queries that I have made.
With regards,
Gerjan Walrecht
[email protected]
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Hello Priya,
Look into the following.
1. Book - Pro Oracle Spatial for Oracle Database 11g by r. Kothuri, A. Godfrind, E. Beinat. This book provides a nice introduction on Oracle Spatial concepts and have examples.
2. Look at the Oracle Spatial & Graph User Guide
2. Book - Applying and Extending Oracle Spatial by S. Greener and S. Ravada. This book provides hands on information for advanced oracle spatial application developers. Practical guide on hands-on examples, Data models and develop cross-vendor database solutions.
3. This oracle spatial forum, once you understand these concepts.
In the future consider Certification on Oracle Spatial 11g Certified Implementation Specialist.
Best
Navaneet

Oracle Spatial User Conference - GITA Conference Seattle

http://www.gita.org/events/annual/31/Oracle.asp
Oracle Spatial User Conference
Please note that online registration for this event is now closed.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Sheraton Seattle Hotel
1400 6th Avenue
Seattle, Washington USA
GITA invites you to attend the Oracle Spatial Users Conference. If you are currently a user, solutions provider, or systems integrator who depends upon Oracle’s spatial technologies, or if you want to learn why thousands of organizations use Oracle’s spatial database and application server capabilities, this is one event you won’t want to miss.
Learn about the latest Oracle geospatial technologies and the business and technical benefits they provide as users, solutions providers and Oracle executives share real world experience with the world's most widely used geospatial information technology platform.
More details will be posted soon—sign up for e-mail updates today!
ORACLE SPATIAL USER CONFERENCE AT GITA
Thursday, March 13, 2008—Seattle, Washington
Preliminary Agenda
Please check back for updates in the future. This agenda is subject to change.
Feb. 12 Update: Complete user sessions schedule and abstracts posted
Wednesday, March 12
6:00 – 8:30 p.m.      Oracle Spatial User Conference Reception — Cirrus Ballroom, Sheraton Seattle Hotel
Open to registered & paid user conference attendees only. Registration will be available at the door.
Thursday, March 13
8:00 – 8:30 a.m.
Oracle Spatial Special Interest Group Meeting
8:30 – 9:00 a.m.      Welcome – Oracle
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Maps in Business Solutions and Applications (Jayant Sharma)
* Fusion Middleware and BI
* OGC Web Services
* Work and Asset Management
* Mobile Workforce Management
10:30 – 11:00 a.m.
Break
11:00 a.m. – Noon
Oracle Spatial 11g – Technical Overview (Siva Ravada)
* What’s Better?
* What’s New?
* What Would You Like To See?
12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Award Luncheon
1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
TECHNICAL USE CASES – USER SESSIONS
Track A
Mapping & Business Intelligence Applications in Insurance and Retail
Audatex Insight: Claims Analytics with Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition and Oracle MapViewer
Yasser Kanoun, Principal Consultant, KPI Partners
Sally Suico, Audatex
Audatex Insight is a claim analytics application that presents automobile claims data in graphical and geographical views for management decision support.
This presentation describes how the integration of Oracle MapViewer with OBIEE dashboards allowed Audatex to display claim analytics geographically. For instance, a user can view the average cost of car repair variance, for a specific insurance company compared to whole industry, on US map at desired geographical levels.
CatPortal's LocWizard: An Innovative Approach to Mapping Insurance Risk Intelligence and Enabling Faster Decision Making
Guru Rao, President, Catastrophe Systems,
Aon Re Services, Inc.
Deepak Badoni, Vice President, Catastrophe Systems, Aon Re Services, Inc.
Instant access to policy and location level insurance data is one of the keys to faster decision making during and after a catastrophe event. Using Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition and Oracle MapViewer, Aon Re Global has developed an industry leading business intelligence and mapping tool that allows users to seamlessly navigate between reports and maps.
The design was driven entirely by their clients’ need to answer key questions about their exposures and losses to catastrophes. The system uses a blend of custom programming and out-of-the-box functionality to create an interface that allows users to create powerful visualizations and reports with a few mouse-clicks – which previously took days, even weeks of manual effort.
Unobtrusive Spatial Enablement of the Oracle Business Intelligence Suite at RL Polk
Steven Pierce, Principal, Johnston McLamb
Robert Murray, Technical Product Manager, RL Polk
This presentation will describe RL Polk’s approach to integrating Oracle MapViewer into Oracle Business Intelligence Suite using Oracle MapViewer's Non-Spatial Data Provider. The NSDP brought an elegant and efficient approach to integrating spatial and non-spatial data in real time.
Track B
Oracle Spatial in Public Sector
Maximizing the Value of Cuyahoga County-Wide GIS Using Oracle Spatial and Oracle Fusion Middleware
J. Kevin Kelley, Geospatial Information Officer, Cuyahoga County
G. Patrick Zhu, Software Systems Developer,Michael Baker Corporation
Discover how to leverage Oracle Spatial and Fusion Middleware technologies to solve current complex county-wide Geospatial needs. Cuyahoga is implementing a cutting-edge architecture to support Grid computing, service-oriented architecture (SOA) and event-driven architecture (EDA) that delivers unprecedented flexibility, performance and scalability.
Web Mapping with Microsoft Virtual Earth and Oracle 10g in U.S. EPA's Grant Tracking Systems
Trevor Quinn, Principal Developer, Systalex Corporation
This presentation details how a U.S. EPA enterprise web application was "geo-enabled" using Microsoft Virtual Earth and Oracle Application Express, and how the back-end Oracle 10g database was transformed into a spatial data engine for Virtual Earth. The presentation demonstrates how to make Oracle MapViewer maps available to commercial mapping APIs as cached tiles, and describes how to serve feature data directly from the database to Virtual Earth using AJAX and PL/SQL.
Automatic Vehicles Monitoring System at Cotral
Giovanni Corcione, Sales Consultant, Oracle Italy
Paolo Castagno, Principal Consultant, Oracle Italy
Diego Ponzi, Production Monitoring- Innovation Manager, Cotral SPA
The Automatic Vehicles Monitoring (AVM) system at Cotral SPA monitors a fleet of 1600 buses that take about 4600 trips per day on a "near real time" basis. Through GPRS/HTTP, buses send information such as position, events, alarms, timing, schedule to a central system for storage and analysis in the Spatial Data Infrastructure, based on Oracle Spatial, for bus monitoring, mapping, reporting and trip planning. With Oracle’s linear referencing, buses can be located and displayed in real time. The Oracle MapViewer browser front-end renders interactive maps with dynamic bus positions according to routes and bus stop positions. A demo will be shown.
3:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Break / Vendor Booths
3:30 – 5:15 p.m.
TECHNICAL USE CASES – USER SESSIONS
Track A
Utilities Case Studies
A Case Study: Re-engineering Cable Industry Business Processes with Spatial Database Technologies
Dennis Beck, President, Spatial Business Systems
This presentation highlights how a suite of customer-service related business applications are being deployed to change cable industry. An overview of the key design criteria will be presented along with highlights of the technical challenges that were faced in building a large-scale set of applications. Details of the applications will be highlighted as well as an overview of the technical implementation considerations and challenges. The presentation will conclude with a demonstration.
Web based geospatial business applications - embedding the CAD/GIS client
Philip O'Doherty, CEO, eSpatial Inc.
Jon Polay, VP Sales, eSpatial Inc.
This talk looks at the emerging drive towards development of geospatial GIS/CAD features within web enabled business applications. It has always been a goal to embed CAD like capabilities within business applications, but it is only recently that the required database and software infrastructure has made this possible. Leading Wireless Telecommunications Company, Verizon, will present its VEGA Application. This demo includes CAD data editing and manipulation features, seamlessly provided as an end to end process, all accessible within a pure web browser.
Foundations of the New Enterprise: Managing Critical Business Data using Oracle Spatial
Justin Lokitz, Director of Sales Engineering Organization Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) is among the top ten Water and Waste Water utilities in the United States. Early on, to support its business needs with regards to geospatial data, WSSC had built a system using software from many traditional GIS vendors that lacked integration and support for many vital business processes. In 2006 WSSC moved all enterprise data to Oracle Spatial (vector and raster data) and implemented the Leica Geosystems' ADE suite.
Modeling Utility Networks with Oracle Spatial Network Data Model
Peter Manskopf, Senior Consultant, GE Energy
The capabilities in Oracle Spatial allowed GE to build its next generation GIS client using Oracle Spatial as the data repository. The Oracle Spatial network data model provides the primitive spatial data structures required to model and meet the complex needs of utility customers. This presentation will give a technical overview how an electrical utility network can be modeled using the Oracle network topology model. The presentation will cover: How Oracle Spatial data structures can be used to model a connected utility network. How the SDO_NET API is used to perform different types of network tracing crucial to utilities. A demo will show the GE client performing network operations on Oracle Spatial.
     Track B
Oracle Spatial in Public Sector & Map Production
Using Oracle Spatial and MapViewer for Evaluation of Urban Area Development in Brazil
Andre Luis Carvalho da Motta e Silva, Stategical Projects Director, CODEPLAN
Gustavo Neves de Andrade Lemes, Consultant, Sete Serviços
Fernando Targa, Development Director, GEMPI
To meet information demand concerning income and job generation programs implemented by Brazil’s Federal District Economic Development Office (SDE), the Federal District Planning Company developed the Urban Areas Management System (SIGAU). Local areas are evaluated through performance indexes that take into account urban features, land plot, block and district, and analysis/simulation of a large volume of data from many governmental offices and systems. Thematic maps enable follow up and decision making on current programs. Oracle Spatial, GeoRaster and MapViewer provide a safe, high performance implementation platform. A demo will be shown.
Creation, Publication & Update of Maps out of Databases
Sebastien Lanoe, Product Marketing Manager, Lorienne SA
The production of maps out of GIS databases is often a challenging process. Lorienne innovates with a new map production environment for map creation, map publication and map updates from Oracle Spatial, with a focus on high quality, production cost, data integrity and diversification of map products across media. The case study with Tele Atlas data stored in Oracle Spatial will address the benefits, the level of quality, the efficiency of the production process and its dedicated user-friendly environment.
Reengineering Desktop Thick Workgroups into Web
Rich Enterprise Clients
Bryan Hall, Spatial Architect, L-3 Communications
Jeff Walawender, Senior Software Engineer, L-3 Communications
Cost cutting requires reengineering spatial solutions to directly address business requirements. But enterprise computing for spatial data has, with even "Web 2.0", required the user to lose the responsiveness and feedback that traditional desktop thick client GIS software has provided. We took a different approach in the re-engineering effort and concentrated on making it work as much like a traditional desktop thick client - while simplifying use, making editing more reliable, and actually speeding up rendering. All this, while only supporting one versioned Oracle Spatial database, and application tier for all users.
Complete eGovernment solution at City of Bolzano
Stefan Putzer, CreaForm
Giulio Lavoriero, Director of Engineering, CreaForm
The City of Bolzano, Italy has a unique, complete editing and publishing environment for geographical data. The Oracle Spatial-based enterprise editing environment supports import and export into geospatial tools from Bentley and ESRI, and network modeling from Oracle Spatial. Data is shared with GeoJAX, an easy-to-use geographical web browser that uses the Oracle MapViewer framework in combination with J2EE and AJAX for browsing Oracle Spatial data. This provides a flexible viewer supports spatial queries, and can be fully customized (style and functionality). Users can easily import any kind of geographical data from an ESRI file, edit it with a CAD precision functionality and make those data visible to anyone via the web in a very short time.
5:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Closing Reception
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Hi:
Some updates regarding the Oracle Spatial User Conference 2008.
1 - Presentations are now available at
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/spatial/htdocs/spatial_conf_0803_idx.html
All submitted presentations have been posted except for the 3:30 track B slides. Those will be available in a day or two.
2 - Survey for Conference Attendees: If you attended the conference, please take a few minutes to complete the brief survey: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/survey-intro.zgi?p=WEB227LQXQUMMD.
Take the survey by April 2 to be entered in a random drawing to receive a copy of the Pro Oracle Spatial for Oracle Database 11g book. We'll also give away 10 GITA shoulder bags.
Thanks to the speakers, sponsors, and participants for a great conference!

How do I know if a function is included in Oracle Spatial or in Locator ?

Hi,
Is there a document that lists which spatial packages are licensed as Locator and which are licence as spatial?
Tamas

Its all listed in Appendix B of the Oracle Spatial Developer's Guide. It varies a little from release to release so you'll need to check the guide for the database release you're on.
John

Oracle Spatial functionality with WFS

Hi all
My first post here so be gentle on me ;-)
This may be an obvious question but here goes ...
When using a WFS client can you access the full SDO_... SQL functions within Oracle Spatial? I've had a read of the WFS spec and it is all a bit vague on how the queries get passed through to the data store.
Also with the WFS locking, is this done at the web server level? If so how would that impact on any direct access to the database? A bit dangerous??
Appreciate any advice on WFS implemtations with a 9i back end. I want to retain the full native Oracle functionality and still deploy via WFS ... a pipe dream??
Thanks
Richard

Thanks for your response Andreas
Sorry, perhaps I wasn't clear, I realise the WFS client will never directly access the data source, that it is the WFS server that makes the request to the data store, not the client, but can the call be passed through to Oracle as native SQL?
I think I found the answer in the OGC Filter Encoding Imp Spec where it desribes in great detail the optional filter component of a WFS request. It desribes the CQL filter operators that include some spatial operators. These could, I understand, be translated from CGL and Feature based schema to SQL (in GML?) and relational based schema.
While I don't think at first glance that the spatial operators in CQL match all the Oracle SDO_ functions they probably go far enough for most normal users.
Am I on the right track?
Does anyone know of any work that has been done in this filter translation to SQL and if it has been implemented successfully anywhere.
I think the locks would still pose a problem, but that's for another day :-)
Thanks
Richard

Oracle Spatial 8.1.7 r-tree indexes

I don't think this problem is specific to r-tree indexes vs. quad-tree.
Even though I specify a tablespace other than the SYSTEM tablespace in Oracle Spatial Index Advisor when creating r-tree indexes, the index is still created in the SYSTEM tablespace. I don't want my spatial indexes in the SYSTEM tablespace!
select tablespace_name from user_indexes where index_name = 'GPS_IDX';
TABLESPACE_NAME
SYSTEM
Here is the sql statement that Spatial Index Advisor constructed:
create index gis.gps_idx on gis.gps (geometry) indextype is mdsys.spatial_index parameters ('sdo_indx_dims=2');
I was not able to issue this sql from worksheet with the tablespace option added. Is there a way to do that?
In Spatial Index Advisor, if I don't select the geometry column, then the sql is constructed with the tablespace option added, but when I select the geometry column, it removes it from the sql.
Can anybody shed some light on how to do this?
thanks
Dave

Spatial creates an index entry in the system tablespace but realy creates the spatial index in the tablespace you gave it. To verify it execute the select:
select table_name,tablespace_name
from user_tables
where table_name like 'spatial_table%';
It will return your table_name plus the spatial index table created for it.
The table_name will look something like this:
spatial_table_SX_FL10$.
spatial_tables beeing your spatial table.
You can query the same for the indexes built on that previous table.
select index_name,tablespace_name
from user_indexes
where table_name = 'SPATIAL_TABLE_SX_FL10$';
The two index names would look like:
spatial_table_sx_fl10$B1
spatial_table_sx_fl10$B2
They should be created in the tablespace mentionned in your tablespace clause when creating the spatial index.
Hope this helps

Oracle Spatial 10g R2 Java API

Hi All,
I have a JAVA tool said to be written for Oracle Spatial 10g R2 Java API which uses for example the class oracle.spatial.georaster.JGeoRaster. I have to port it to 11g R2. The tool is definitely written for an earlier version, because compilation fails on for example JGeoRaster.getProperties() method which is not present in the new API. For this new API I have a fine Javadoc documentation here:
http://download-llnw.oracle.com/docs/html/E11829_01/
I have searched for a similar one for 10g R2 but found only like
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/appdev.102/b14373/toc.htm
which misses the oracle.spatial.georaster package. Is there such a package and if so, where can I find docs for it?
thank you in advance, best regards: Balázs Bámer

Hi Balázs,
the GeoRaster Java API was first released with 11gR2. Your first link points to that, or this link:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11882_01/appdev.112/e11829/toc.htm
your second link points to 10g Oracle Spatial Java API, which doesn't include any GeoRaster related API. your tool might have been developed based on the old INTERNAL georaster jar file, which is not supposed to be used by your java program. But if you do want the api doc, you can run javadoc or jdeveloper to find out the api from the old sdogr.jar file.
jeffrey

Oracle Spatial system requirements

Hi Experts,
I have a 32bit window 2003 server with 8G memory (PAE added to *g from 2G) with 4 CPU.
we use oracle 10GR4 suppour in stream.
Based on application, I need to install Oracle Spatial ( Actually, I can saw Oracle Spatial object in sysaux tablespace).
I could not find how many system resource requirement to support Oracle Spatial future.
ALso How to check Oracle Spatial is installed into system?
Thanks for HELP!!
JIM

You can see what kind of options you have with:
select * from dba_registry;
Do you really need Oracle Spatial or just the free subset Oracle Locator?

Oracle spatial datasets

Are there any sites from where i can get spatial data that can be downloaded to Oracle Spatial. I am doing project on spatial datawarehousing, so need some real data on climatic conditions for some span of time. I have searched a lot on google but can not find a good one. May be you can help me
thanks

All you can do is find sites that have shapefiles or GML for download
and then use the appropriate loader to put into Oracle.
There are NO sites that I know of that make data available in Oracle exporter format.
S.

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