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Some Basic Topological RelationshipsSpatial queries can be processed much more quickly using topology tablesthan they can be done by calculation from the coordinate <strong>data</strong>.‣Connectivity describes, if two points are connected by a line‣Enclosure describes, if an entity is enclosed by another‣Adjacency describes, if two polygons share a common border‣Contiguity is the <strong>spatial</strong> relationship <strong>of</strong> adjacencyForexample: biologists might be interested in the habitats that occur next to each other (Contiguity).46

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