In this paper, we introduce a geographic similarity operator that computes the relatedness between two geographic places and describe how it is combined with textual ranking. The ...
Large video collections present a unique set of challenges to the search system designer. Text transcripts do not always provide an accurate index to the visual content, and the pe...
John Adcock, Matthew L. Cooper, Andreas Girgensohn...
Rapid development of information technology such as mobile terminals and GPS systems enabled information services that provide location-oriented information based on users’ posit...
We present the architecture and design details of a logic database system that extends functionality in a number of ways. The system supports indefinite (non-Horn) facts in extens...
This paper introduces a new data structure, called V-trees, designed to store long sequences of points in 2D space and yet allow efficient access to their fragments. They also opt...