The BASIS System: A Benchmarking Approach for Spatial Index Structures

  • Authors:
  • Christophe Gurret;Yannis Manolopoulos;Apostolos Papadopoulos;Philippe Rigaux

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • STDBM '99 Proceedings of the International Workshop on Spatio-Temporal Database Management
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

This paper describes the design of the BASIS prototype system. BASIS stands for Benchmarking Approach for Spatial Index Structures. It is a prototype system aiming at performance evaluation of spatial access methods and query processing strategies, under different data sets, various query types, and different workloads. BASIS is based on a modular architecture, composed of a simple storage manager, a query processor, and a set of algorithmic techniques to facilitate benchmarking. The main objective of BASIS is twofold: (i) to provide a benchmarking environment for spatial access methods and related query evaluation techniques, and (ii) to allow comparative studies of spatial access methods in different cases but under a common framework. We currently extend it to support the fundamental features of spatiotemporal data management and access methods.