The performance of vector oriented data storage strategies in ESRI's ArcGIS

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-65

  Batcheller, James K ^a   Gittings, Bruce M ^a   Dowers, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data models; Data storage; Hybrid; Integrated; Performance analysis

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DIGITAL STORAGE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

DATA STORAGE; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION; HYBRID; INTEGRATED; MULTIUSERS; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCES ANALYSIS; SINGLE USERS; SPATIAL PHENOMENON; USER FILES;

TOPOLOGY;

ARC-INFO; DATABASE; GIS; VECTOR;

EID: 33846237194     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: 14679671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9671.2007.01032.x     Document Type: Article

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