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Performance Analysis of Spatial Indexing in the Cloud

International Journal of Computer Applications • 2015
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Authors Lamiaa Said El-Sayed, Hatem Mohamed Abdul-Kader, Mohamed Salah El-Din El-Sayed
Keywords Cloud computing, Spatial Index, R-Tree, PR-Tree
Journal International Journal of Computer Applications
Publisher Not Available
Volume 112
Issue 4
Pages Not Available
publication.type International
Paper Link Open Link
Supplementary Materials Not Available
Abstract
The widespread of geospatial services produces massive volumes of spatial data. Cloud computing is a necessity for big data management. Efficient retrieval algorithms of such data are a prerequisite. In this paper, we evaluate the efficiency of spatial indexing for huge datasets at cloud computing environment. Two of the most common data structures are selected for this study namely the R-Tree and the priority R-tree (PR-Tree). R-Tree is one of the most common access methods for spatial data. Priority R-tree is an optimal variation of the R-tree and more efficient for extreme datasets. We implemented the two data structures then we deployed them on various cloud instances with different resources. We evaluated the performance of running these applications with different spatial datasets. The query response time is also measured for both data structures. We reported the results which can be useful in retrieving huge datasets on the cloud.