Data Warehouses and Data Mining

This article gives a detailed summary of the role of data warehouses and data mining, and their relationship to organizational databases. As you read, pay attention to how data warehouses are used to improve decision-making in organizations. Keep a summary in your notes of how an organization you are involved with could benefit from data mining and data warehousing.

Where is Spatial Data Mining Used?

Spatial data mining is applied in various fields for discovering unexplored information such as patterns, clusters, and classes from spatial databases. Examples of fields where spatial data is used are geography, medical imaging, robotics, geology, video processing, navigation, and traffic control.