Interfaces to DB2 Spatial Extender and associated functionality

Several interfaces let you set up DB2® Spatial Extender and create projects that use spatial data. These interfaces are:

• Open source projects that include support for DB2 Spatial and Geodetic Data Management Features. Some open source projects with this support include:
  • GeoTools (http://www.geotools.org/), a Java library for building spatial applications
  • GeoServer (http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOS/Home), a Web map server and Web feature server
  • uDIG (http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/UDIG/Home), a desktop spatial data visualization and analysis application
• The DB2 Control Center, a graphical-user interface that includes windows, notebooks, and menu choices that support DB2 Spatial Extender.
• A command line processor (CLP) provided by DB2 Spatial Extender. It is called the db2se CLP.
• Application programs that call DB2 Spatial Extender's stored procedures.

Other interfaces let you generate spatial information. They include:

• SQL queries that you submit from the DB2 CLP, from a query window in the DB2 Control Center, or from an application program.
• Visualization tools that render spatial information in graphical form. An example is ArcExplorer for DB2, which was created by the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) for IBM. ArcExplorer for DB2 can be downloaded from the DB2 Spatial Extender Web site: http://www.ibm.com/software/data/spatial/.