Querying Multiple Data Sources via an Object-Oriented Spatial Query Interface and Framework

Journal of Visual Languages and Computing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-60

  Chung, Miyi ^a   Wilson, Ruth ^a   Shaw, Kevin ^a   Petry, Frederick E ^b   Cobb, Maria A ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Data integration; Databases; Digital mapping; Object oriented spatial query; Object oriented technology; Quadtree; Spatial query

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013407316     PISSN: 1045926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jvlc.2000.0186     Document Type: Article

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