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skd-tree

(data structure)

Definition: The spatial k-d tree is a spatial access method where successive levels are split along different dimensions. Objects are indexed by their centroid, and the minimum bounding box of objects in a node are stored in the node.

See also extended k-d tree.

Note: After [GG98].

Author: PEB


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Paul E. Black, "skd-tree", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Vreda Pieterse and Paul E. Black, eds. 17 December 2004. (accessed TODAY) Available from: http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/skdtree.html