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A spatial database shell for relational database management systems

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Foundations of Data Organization and Algorithms (FODO 1989)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNCS,volume 367))

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SIRO-DBMS is a Spatial Information Systems database tool-kit implemented as a set of external attachments to a relational database management systems. It implements user data types through parameterised definitions of the user view of additional data types and of their internal representation. A spatial access method built on a 1-dimensional key and compatible with B-trees is also provided. Retrieval performance data with data sets of the sizes likely to be encountered in production systems are reported.

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  1. CSIRO Division of Information Technology, Centre for Spatial Information Systems, GPO Box 664, 2601, Canberra, ACT, Australia

    D. J. Abel

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Witold Litwin Hans-Jörg Schek

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Abel, D.J. (1989). A spatial database shell for relational database management systems. In: Litwin, W., Schek, HJ. (eds) Foundations of Data Organization and Algorithms. FODO 1989. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 367. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-51295-0_136

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