Practice - Data Storage and Database Management
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Practice Questions
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What is a spatial database?
💡 Hint: Think about the types of data it manages.
Name one vector data format.
💡 Hint: It’s very widely used for geographic data.
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Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What is the purpose of spatial databases?
💡 Hint: Think about what makes spatial databases unique.
True or False: Shapefiles are used for storing raster data.
💡 Hint: Recall the definitions of vector and raster data.
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Challenge Problems
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Design a hypothetical project that utilizes a spatial database for urban development, detailing how data formats, compression, and indexing will be used.
💡 Hint: Consider various aspects of urban planning and how they need to be represented.
Evaluate the impact on performance if a GIS was designed without spatial indexing strategies in place. Discuss potential bottlenecks.
💡 Hint: Think about how you might feel waiting for information in your database.
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