A hierarchical spatial data structure for global geographic information systems

CVGIP: Graphical Models and Image Processing

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 31-44

  Goodchild, Michael F ^a   Shiren, Yang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVITELMESSUS GRAPSOIDEUS; BIOCOENOSIS; CRETACEOUS; DATA STRUCTURE; DECAPOD; GIS; GLOBAL GIS; HERMIT CRAB; HIERARCHICAL DATA; PALAEOPETROCHIRUS ENIGMUS;

USA, MISSISSIPPI, BLUE SPRINGS;

DATA COMPRESSION; DATA PROCESSING--DATA STRUCTURES; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

FAST ACCESS; GLOBAL GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HIERARCHICAL SPATIAL DATA STRUCTURES; OCTAHEDRON;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0026454316     PISSN: 10499652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1049-9652(92)90032-S     Document Type: Article

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