Preface
Oracle Spatial Map Visualization Developer's Guide describes how to use the Oracle Spatial map visualization component (sometimes referred to as the map visualizer or the visualizer), a tool that renders maps showing different kinds of spatial data.
Audience
This document is intended primarily for programmers who develop applications that require maps to be drawn. You should understand Oracle Database concepts and the major concepts associated with XML, including DTDs. You should also be familiar with Oracle Spatial concepts, or at least have access to Oracle Spatial Developer's Guide.
This document is not intended for end users of websites or client applications.
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Related Documentation
For more information, see the following documents in the Oracle Database documentation set:
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Acknowledgments
This product includes color specifications and designs developed by Cynthia Brewer (http://colorbrewer.org/).
Use of OpenStreetMap (OSM) tiles is subject to their copyright (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and terms of use. For more information, see http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright and http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tile_usage_policy.
The MVDEMO dataset is from Natural Earth (http://www.naturalearthdata.com). See the terms of use at: http://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/
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