Three-dimensional volumetric geo-spatial querying

Details Three-dimensional volumetric geo-spatial querying Three-dimensional volumetric geo-spatial querying

2007-06-05

2007-06-05

Pannala, Sathyanarayan (Department: 2164)

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

C707S793000, C345S953000, C382S240000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10873509

ABSTRACT:
A three-dimensional (3D) volumetric geo-spatial querying system. The system can include a 3D GIS. The 3D GIS can include a database of geo-spatial data configured to store geo-spatial data using, not two-dimensional, but three-dimensional coordinates. The GIS further can include at least one database operation configured to process a database query against geo-spatial data stored in the database. Notably, the database operation can accept three-dimensional coordinates as part of the database query. Importantly, the 3D GIS can include a geo-spatial data encoder configured to encode the geo-spatial data prior to storing the geo-spatial data in the database. In particular, in one aspect of the present invention, the encoder can be a helical hyperspatial code encoder, or an oct-tree encoder.

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