SpatialData, a new open and universal data framework for spatial omics, has been developed to facilitate analyses on large datasets. This framework is designed to handle uni- and multimodal spatial omics data, enabling the selection of distinct regions within a dataset for analysis.
#### Spatial Query Interface
The spatial query interface allows users to request the data contained in a query region, which can be specified both as a bounding box or a polygonal region. The query region can be specified using any of the coordinate systems present in the SpatialData object. The query operator returns a derived SpatialData object that contains the data within the query region for all layers, including the corresponding table annotations.