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 …

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 …

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

In recent years, spatial keyword query has attracted wide-spread research attention due to
the popularity of the location-based services. To efficiently support the online spatial …

With the proliferation of cloud computing, data owners can outsource the spatial data from
the Internet of Things devices to a cloud server to enjoy the pay-as-you-go storage …

With the increasing popularity of geo-positioning technologies and mobile Internet, spatial
keyword data services have attracted growing interest from both the industrial and academic …

The k-nearest neighbors (k-NN) query is a fundamental primitive in spatial and multimedia
databases. It has extensive applications in location-based services, classification & …

With the rapid development of geographic location technology and the explosive growth of
data, a large amount of spatial data is outsourced to the cloud server for reducing the local …

Cloud computing promises users massive scale outsourced data storage services with much
lower costs than traditional methods. However, privacy concerns compel sensitive data to be …