Spatial relationships are core components in the design and definition of spatial queries. A
spatial relationship determines how two or more spatial objects are related or connected in …

Spatial information processing has been a focus of research in the past decade. In spatial
databases, data are associated with spatial coordinates and extents, and are retrieved …

Spatial information retrieval is a common task of digital ecosystems due to the popularity of
collecting and storing spatial information and phenomena in the world of the Internet of …

Spatial database research has continued to advance greatly since three decades ago,
addressing the growing data management and analysis needs of spatial applications. This …

A natural language interface can improve human-computer interaction with Geographic
Information Systems (GIS). A prerequisite for this is the mapping of natural language …

E cient processing of queries in spatial database systems relies upon auxiliary indexing
structures. A large number of spatial indexing structures have been proposed. In this short …

Spatial databases maintain space information which is appropriate for applications where
there is need to monitor the position of an object or event over space. Spatial databases …

In spatial databases, there are two basic types of queries, namely nearest neighbour queries
(kNN) and range queries. Spatial range queries are not only finding objects of interest within …

Spatial database management deals with the storage, indexing, and querying of data with
spatial features, such as location and geometric extent. Many applications require the …

Spatial data structures have evolved under the influence of several forces: 1) Database
technology, with its emphasis on modeling and logical organization; 2) the long history of …