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Real Time Spatio‐Temporal Databases
Author(s) -
Laurini Robert
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
transactions in gis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.721
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1467-9671
pISSN - 1361-1682
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9671.00069
Subject(s) - citation , computer science , information retrieval , library science , database
Facing new GIS applications for which response time is a very important factor, it is necessary to envisage the creation of real time databases. By real time database, we mean that any arriving piece of information must be stored immediately, in order to be used as soon as possible, and to follow hard temporal constraints. Sometimes one is speaking about missionor time-critical applications. This editorial describes some potential applications of real time spatio-temporal databases, introduces the reader to the principal characteristics of such new systems, and concludes by identifying a short research agenda for the immediate future.