A characterization of first-order topological properties of planar spatial data (Extended abstract)
Summary: Characterizes first-order topological properties of closed semi-algebraic planar sets expressible in the relational calculus with real polynomial constraints. Shows these properties coincide with a local "point-and-cone" query language that talks only about points and their surrounding angular cones. (summarized by gpt-5-mini on Feb 09 2026)
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Authors
- 1. Michael Benedikt (Bell Labs)
- 2. Christof Löding (RWTH Aachen University)
- 3. Jan Van den Bussche (Limburgs Universitair Centrum)
- 4. Thomas Wilke (Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel)
BibTeX Citation
@inproceedings{benedikt_pods04,
address = {New York, NY, USA},
series = {{PODS} '04},
title = {{A characterization of first-order topological properties of planar spatial data (Extended abstract)}},
url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1055558.1055575},
doi = {10.1145/1055558.1055575},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {ACM} {SIGMOD} Symposium on {Principles} of {Database} {Systems}},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
author = {Benedikt, Michael and Löding, Christof and Van den Bussche, Jan and Wilke, Thomas},
year = {2004}
}
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| 1,473 | Towards a Theory of Spatial Database Queries (Extended Abstract) | 1994 | PODS | 0.0001066845 |
| 1,890 | Relational Expressive Power of Constraint Query Languages | 1996 | PODS | 9.5330753e-05 |
| 5,303 | Querying Spatial Databases via Topological Invariants | 1998 | PODS | 6.2745166e-05 |
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