Spatial Index

This package provides a general framework for developing spatial indices. Currently it defines generic interfaces, provides simple main memory and disk based storage managers and a robust implementation of an R*-tree, an MVR-tree and a TPR-tree. For more information please read the browser:spatialindex/trunk/README#latest file. In addition, the library includes a 3-dimensional R-tree visualization plug-in (example image below; requires Java3D runtime). This library is free software published under the GNU Lesser General Public License. You may copy, modify and use freely.

Supported Features

  • Generic main memory and disk based storage managers.
  • R*-tree index (also supports linear and quadratic splitting).
  • MVR-tree index (a.k.a. PPR-tree).
  • TPR-tree index.
  • Advanced query capabilities, using Strategy and Visitor patterns.
  • Arbitrary shaped range queries, by defining generic geometry interfaces.
  • Large parameterization capabilities, including dimensionality, fill factor, node capacity, etc.
  • STR packing / bulk loading.

News

  • Eliminated the need to install the tools library in order to use the spatial index library.
  • The Spatial Index Library is now hosted at gispython.org! Thanks to Sean and Howard, we can now easily download the latest sources from the Subversion repository.

About Trac

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