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GOLAP - Geographical Online Analytical Processing

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Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA 2001)

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Current geographical information systems (GIS) handle large amounts of geographical data stored usually in relational databases. Database vendors developed special database plug-ins in order to make retrieval of geographical data more efficient. Basically, they implement spatial indexing techniques aimed at speeding-up spatial query processing. This approach is suitable for those spatial queries, which select objects in certain user-defined area. Similarly as on-line transaction processing (OLTP) systems evolved into on-line analytical processing (OLAP) systems for supporting more complicated analytical tasks, similar evolution can be expected in the context of geographical information analytical processing. This paper describes the GOLAP system consisting of a commercial OLAP system enriched with a spatial index. Experiments comparing efficiency of original OLAP and the extended one are presented.

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  1. Faculty of Electrical Engineering, The Gerstner Laboratory for Intelligent Decision Making and Control, Technická 2, 166 27, Prague 6, Czech Republic

    Petr Mikšovský & Zdenèk Kouba

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  1. University of Klagenfurt, IFI -IWAS Universitaetsstr. 65, 9020, Klagenfurt, Austria

    Heinrich C. Mayr

  2. Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Technicka 2, 166 27, Prague 6, Czech Republic

    Jiri Lazansky

  3. School of Computer and Information Science, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Mawson Lakes, SA, 5095

    Gerald Quirchmayr

  4. Department of Information Systems, Technical University of Munich, Orleanstr. 34, 81667, Munich, Germany

    Pavel Vogel

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Mikšovský, P., Kouba, Z. (2001). GOLAP - Geographical Online Analytical Processing. In: Mayr, H.C., Lazansky, J., Quirchmayr, G., Vogel, P. (eds) Database and Expert Systems Applications. DEXA 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2113. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44759-8_44

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