Design and Implementation of Large Spatial Databases

7±2 criteria for assessing and comparing spatial data structures.- The fieldtree: A data structure for geographic information systems.- A full resolution elevation representation requiring three bits per pixel.- The DASDBS GEO-Kernel, concepts, experiences, and the second step.- Performance comparison of point and spatial access methods.- Strategies for optimizing the use of redundancy in spatial databases.- Tiling large geographical databases.- Extending a database to support the handling of environmental measurement data.- Thematic map modeling.- Hierarchical spatial data structures.- Distributed quadtree processing.- Node distribution in a PR quadtree.- An object-oriented approach to the design of geographic information systems.- A topological data model for spatial databases.- A well-behaved file structure for the storage of spatial objects.- The design of pictorial databases based upon the theory of symbolic projections.- Reasoning on space with object-centered knowledge representations.- Qualitative spatial reasoning: A semi-quantitative approach using fuzzy logic.