Spatial data have wide applications, eg, location-based services, and geometric range
queries (ie, finding points inside geometric areas, eg, circles or polygons) are one of the …

Geometric range search is a fundamental primitive for spatial data analysis in SQL and
NoSQL databases. It has extensive applications in location-based services, computer-aided …

As the location-based applications are flourishing, we will witness soon a prodigious amount
of spatial data will be stored in the public cloud with the geometric range query as one of the …

Searchable encryption is a promising technique enabling meaningful search operations to
be performed on encrypted databases while protecting user privacy from untrusted third …

With cloud services, users can easily host their data in the cloud and retrieve the part
needed by search. Searchable encryption is proposed to conduct such process in a privacy …

As a basic query function, range query has been exploited in many scenarios such as SQL
retrieves, location-based services, and computational geometry. Meanwhile, with explosive …

In the era of cloud computing, to achieve convenient location-based service (LBS),
consumers such as users, companies, and organizations prefer subcontracting massive …

With the location-based services (LBS) booming, the volume of spatial data inevitably
explodes. In order to reduce local storage and computational overhead, users tend to …

Secure geometric range query, which aims to retrieve data points within a given geometric
range from an encrypted dataset in the cloud, attracts more and more attention due to its …

With the widespread popularity of mobile devices and geolocation-related services, spatial
keyword data has exploded in recent years. As an application, people are accustomed to …