Re: Special query type for Spatial DB

Find a copy of SQL Server magazine (sqlmag) volume 4 number 6 from June 2002, page 17.

"Arthur Yeo" <ayeo_at_acm.org> wrote in message news:1103_1074129738_at_news.mw.cray.com...
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have read and looked around at what others have done in Spatial DB but
there's one type of query which I have
> not seen people working on yet. If you all have seen this in any research
projects or products, please share
> with us.
>
> In particular, I'm looking for support for queries like:
> given a bounded region (3D may be), find me n points in a neighborhood
that are the closest to each other.
> Note that there's no base reference point given, except for a bounded
region.
>
> Concrete application queries may look like these:
> a)Given a bounded region in space, find me a cluster of 50 pulsars that
are closest to each other.
> b)Given the state of California, find me a group of 10 fire-stations that
are closest to each other.
>
> Please share your references if you have seen anyone working on or have
worked on this.
> Thanks!
>
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> Arthur Yeo
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