A data warehouse that operates to receive a spatial query and return a spatial result for the spatial query, the data warehouse comprises a regular database operating to receive and process a regular query and return a query result in response to the regular query. The data warehouse also comprises an interface layer implemented external to the regular database and operating to intercept the spatial query and translate the spatial query into the regular query for processing by the regular database. The regular database includes at least one spatial index that is accessed by the interface layer to translate the spatial query into the regular query for processing by the regular database.