Survey on Spatial Data Modelling Approaches 1 Copyright © 2005, Idea Group Inc. Copying or distributing in print or electronic forms without written permission of Idea Group Inc. is prohibited. Chapter I Survey on Spatial Data Modelling Approaches Jose R. Rios Viqueira University of A Coruna, Spain Nikos A. Lorentzos Agricultural University of Athens, Greece Nieves R. Brisaboa University of A Coruna, Spain Abstract Identifies properties that a spatial data model, dedicated to support spatial data for cartography, topography, cadastral and relevant applications, should satisfy. The properties concern the data types, data structures and spatial operations of the model. A survey of various approaches investigates mainly the satisfaction of these properties. An evaluation of each approach against these properties also is included.