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SSD
2005
Springer
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14 years 12 days ago
Semantic Caching for Multiresolution Spatial Query Processing in Mobile Environments
Spatial data are particularly useful in mobile environments. However, due to the low bandwidth of most wireless networks, developing large spatial database applications becomes a c...
Sai Sun, Xiaofang Zhou, Heng Tao Shen
SIGMOD
2009
ACM
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14 years 7 months ago
Continuous obstructed nearest neighbor queries in spatial databases
In this paper, we study a novel form of continuous nearest neighbor queries in the presence of obstacles, namely continuous obstructed nearest neighbor (CONN) search. It considers...
Yunjun Gao, Baihua Zheng
PODS
2000
ACM
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13 years 11 months ago
Linear Approximation of Planar Spatial Databases Using Transitive-Closure Logic
We consider spatial databases in the plane that can be defined by polynomial constraint formulas. Motivated by applications in geographic information systems, we investigate line...
Floris Geerts, Bart Kuijpers
ICPP
2003
IEEE
14 years 6 days ago
Towards Real-time Parallel Processing of Spatial Queries
Spatial databases are entering an era of mass deployment in various real-life applications, especially mobile and location-based services. The real-time processing of spatial quer...
Haibo Hu, Manli Zhu, Dik Lun Lee
WWW
2008
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Spatial variation in search engine queries
Local aspects of Web search -- associating Web content and queries with geography -- is a topic of growing interest. However, the underlying question of how spatial variation is m...
Lars Backstrom, Jon M. Kleinberg, Ravi Kumar, Jasm...