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\chapter{Spatial Searching}
\section{Introduction}
The {\bf spatial searching} package implements
exact and approximate distance browsing
by providing implementations of algorithms supporting
\begin{itemize}
\item
both nearest and furthest neighbor searching
\item
both exact and approximate searching
\item
(approximate) range searching
\item
(approximate) $k$-nearest and $k$-furthest neighbor searching
\item
(approximate) incremental nearest and incremental furthest neighbor searching
\item
query items representing points and spatial objects.
\end{itemize}
In these searching problems a set $P$ of data points in $d$-dimensional
space is given.
The spatial searching package
consists of the following concepts and classes
that are described in the reference pages.
{\bf Concepts}
Container \\
GeneralDistance \\
FuzzyQueryItem \\
IsoBox\_d \\
OrthogonalDistance \\
Point \\
QueryItem \\
Separator \\
Splitter \\
Traits \\
TreeTraits
{\bf Classes}
\ccc{Euclidean_distance<Point>} \\
\ccc{Euclidean_distance_sphere_point<QueryItem,Point>} \\
\ccc{Fair<Point,Container,Separator>} \\
\ccc{Fuzzy_iso_box<Point,IsoBox_d>} \\
\ccc{Fuzzy_sphere_d<Point>} \\
\ccc{General_priority_search<TreeTraits,Distance,QueryItem,Tree>} \\
\ccc{General_standard_search<TreeTraits,Distance,QueryItem,Tree>} \\
\ccc{Kd_tree<TreeTraits>} \\
\ccc{Kd_tree_node<TreeTraits>} \\
\ccc{Kd_tree_rectangle<NT>} \\
\ccc{Kd_tree_traits_point<Point,Splitter>} \\
\ccc{Manhattan_distance_rectangle_point<QueryItem,Point>} \\
\ccc{Median_of_rectangle<Point,Container,Separator>} \\
\ccc{Median_of_max_spread<Point,Container,Separator>} \\
\ccc{Midpoint_of_rectangle<Point,Container,Separator>} \\
\ccc{Midpoint_of_max_spread<Point,Container,Separator>} \\
\ccc{Orthogonal_priority_search<TreeTraits,Distance,Tree>} \\
\ccc{Orthogonal_standard_search<TreeTraits,Distance,Tree>} \\
\ccc{Plane_separator<NT>} \\
\ccc{Point_container<Point>} \\
\ccc{Sliding_fair<Point,Container,Separator>} \\
\ccc{Sliding_midpoint<Point,Container,Separator>} \\
\ccc{Weighted_Minkowski_distance<Point>}