Geometry Boost List: [ggl] space partitioning

Subject: [ggl] space partitioning
From: Mateusz Loskot (mateusz)
Date: 2011-01-12 10:40:00

On 11/01/11 19:17, Simonson, Lucanus J wrote:
> My main concern is that spatial indexes and spatial query has been a
> rich field of research in computer science for about 40 years.  I
> think anyone who undertakes a boost project should spend some time
> reading the literature and learn what the current state of the art is
> and understand it in the context of what the advances were that got
> us to this point.

I'm curious, would you consider this book as part of the literature?

Foundations of Multidimensional and Metric Data Structures
by Hanan Samet

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