METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INDEXING, STORING AND RETRIEVING RASTER (GRID) DATA IN A COMBINED RASTER VECTOR SYSTEM

摘要

The invention relates to a method and apparatus that uses an R-tree's vector data as a mechanism for query and retrieval of raster data in conjunction with or instead of the vector data. The invention relates to a method of storing, indexing and retrieving raster data comprising: storing raster data, storing vector data, and indexing said raster data and said vector data with same index information.