Query processing in spatial-query-by-sketch

Journal of Visual Languages and Computing

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 403-424

  Egenhofer, Max J ^a  

^a University of Maine ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0031206139     PISSN: 1045926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jvlc.1997.0054     Document Type: Article

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