Importing spatial data

IBM® Spatial Support for Db2 for z/OS® provides services to import spatial data in shape file format.

Spatial data in shape file format is available from many sources through the internet.

You can import spatial data from shape files provided by external data sources. These files typically contain data that is applied to maps: street networks, flood plains, earthquake faults, and so on. By using such data in combination with spatial data that you produce, you can augment the spatial information available to you. For example, if a public works department needs to determine what hazards a residential community is vulnerable to, it could use the ST_Buffer function to define a zone around the community. The public works department could then import data on flood plains and earthquake faults to see which of these problem areas overlap this zone.