A pictorial query language for geographical databases

Proceedings of the Workshop on Advanced Visual Interfaces AVI

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 233-244

  Di Loreto, Fabrizio ^a   Ferri, Fernando ^a   Massari, Fernanda ^a   Rafanelli, Maurizio ^a  

^a Istituto di Analisi dei Sistemi ed Informatica CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geographical database; Pictorial query language; User friendly interface

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX QUERIES; EXPRESSIVE POWER; GEOGRAPHICAL DATABASE; OBJECT-ORIENTED ENVIRONMENT; PICTORIAL QUERY LANGUAGE; SYMBOLIC OBJECTS; USER FRIENDLY INTERFACE; USER QUERY;

ALGEBRA; DATA STRUCTURES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; QUERY PROCESSING;

QUERY LANGUAGES;

EID: 57749201915     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/948449.948484     Document Type: Conference Paper

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