For our example application, data m

For our example application, data management refers to the storage and main-
tenance of the data transmitted by the buoys via satellite communication. This
phase requires a decision to be made on how best to represent our data, both in
terms of their spatial properties and the various attribute values which we need
to store. Data storage and maintenance is discussed at length in Chapter 3, and
we will not go into further detail here. We will from here on assume that the
acquired data has been put in digital form, that is, it has been converted into
computer-readable format, so that we can begin our analysis.