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PODS
1999
ACM
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15 years 11 months ago
Processing and Optimization of Multiway Spatial Joins Using R-Trees
One of the most important types of query processing in spatial databases and geographic information systems is the spatial join, an operation that selects, from two relations, all...
Dimitris Papadias, Nikos Mamoulis, Yannis Theodori...
SIGMOD
1999
ACM
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15 years 11 months ago
Selectivity Estimation in Spatial Databases
Selectivity estimation of queries is an important and wellstudied problem in relational database systems. In this paper, we examine selectivity estimation in the context of Geogra...
Swarup Acharya, Viswanath Poosala, Sridhar Ramaswa...
ISD
1999
Springer
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15 years 11 months ago
A Probabilistic Approach to Environmental Change Detection with Area-Class Map Data
One of the primary methods of studying change in the natural and man-made environment is that of comparison of multi-date maps and images of the earth's surface. Such comparis...
Christopher B. Jones, J. Mark Ware, David R. Mille...
DEXA
2006
Springer
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15 years 8 months ago
An Incremental Refining Spatial Join Algorithm for Estimating Query Results in GIS
Geographic information systems (GIS) must support large georeferenced data sets. Due to the size of these data sets finding exact answers to spatial queries can be very time consum...
Wan D. Bae, Shayma Alkobaisi, Scott T. Leutenegger
IPM
2008
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15 years 6 months ago
Users can change their web search tactics: Design guidelines for categorized overviews
Categorized overviews of web search results are a promising way to support user exploration, understanding, and discovery. These search interfaces combine a metadata-based overvie...
Bill Kules, Ben Shneiderman