<s>
TerraLib	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
GIS	B-Application
software	I-Application
library	O
that	O
extends	O
object-relational	O
DBMS	B-General_Concept
technology	O
to	O
handle	O
spatiotemporal	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
types	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
library	O
supports	O
different	O
DBMS	B-General_Concept
,	O
including	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
TerraLib	B-Application
supports	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
geographical	O
applications	O
using	O
spatial	B-Algorithm
databases	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
design	O
goal	O
for	O
TerraLib	B-Application
is	O
to	O
support	O
large-scale	O
applications	O
using	O
socioeconomic	O
and	O
environmental	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
handles	O
spatiotemporal	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
types	O
(	O
events	O
,	O
moving	O
objects	O
,	O
cell	O
spaces	O
,	O
modifiable	O
objects	O
)	O
and	O
allows	O
spatial	O
,	O
temporal	O
and	O
attribute	O
queries	O
on	O
the	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TerraLib	B-Application
supports	O
dynamic	O
modelling	O
in	O
generalized	O
cell	O
spaces	O
and	O
has	O
a	O
dynamic	O
link	O
with	O
the	O
R	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
for	O
statistical	O
analysis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TerraLib	B-Application
is	O
implemented	O
as	O
a	O
library	O
of	O
C++	B-Language
classes	O
and	O
functions	O
,	O
written	O
in	O
ANSI-C	O
++	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
programming	O
interfaces	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
and	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
TerraLib	B-Application
has	O
a	O
core	O
development	O
team	O
based	O
in	O
Brazil	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TerraLib	B-Application
is	O
licensed	O
as	O
open-source	B-Application
according	O
to	O
the	O
LGPL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
TerraLib	B-Application
,	O
the	O
INPE	O
team	O
developed	O
the	O
TerraView	B-Application
open-source	B-Application
GIS	B-Application
,	O
which	O
provides	O
functions	O
for	O
data	O
conversion	O
,	O
visualization	O
,	O
exploratory	O
spatial	O
data	O
analysis	O
,	O
spatial	O
statistical	O
modelling	O
and	O
spatial	O
and	O
non-spatial	O
queries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
application	O
is	O
TerraAmazon	B-Application
,	O
Brazil	O
's	O
national	O
database	O
for	O
monitoring	O
deforestation	O
in	O
the	O
Amazon	O
Rainforest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
handles	O
more	O
than	O
2	O
million	O
complex	O
polygons	B-General_Concept
and	O
60	O
GB	O
of	O
remote	B-Application
sensing	I-Application
images	O
.	O
</s>
