ABSTRACT
These spatial conflicts need to be resolved when they occur. It is even better if they can be avoided. Those caused by the nature of scale reduction cannot be avoided and thus need to be resolved. However, those caused by inadequate algorithms should be avoided by using adequate algorithms. It can be noted that the “fighting” type of spatial conflicts is mainly caused by the use of inadequate operators and should be avoided. Therefore, a discussion of fighting conflicts is not necessary and is thus excluded from this text. The resolution of the “touching” and “coalescing” types of spatial conflicts is the main theme of this chapter.
