Andmebaasihaldurite areng on lisanud neile ka geomeetria haldamise võimekust ning GISide peasuund on siiski kõigi ruumi andmete lõimimine ühtsesse andmebaasi.
The overall objective of a DBMS is to allow users to deal with data without needing to know how the data are physically stored and structured in the computer.
The data management functions necessary in any GIS facilitate the storage, organization and retrival of data using a database management system (DBMS).
