What is it?
Geo assist is library that allows users to perform insertion and query operations on the spatial data.
It enables users to create a spatial engine by loading objects with spatial references, such as latitude/longitude, in-memory.
The goal of this project is to enable the use of complex search algorithms, by tweaking them for geo-spatial operations.
How to?
Install:
Geo-assist is available on maven repository and can be imported to your project.
K-d Tree, formally called K-Dimensional Trees, are one of the best options when storing and retrieving objects based on geospatial parameters.
I have provided an implementation of storing objects in a K-d tree using the coordinates and searching nearest neighbors for the provided location (latitude/longitude) and the distance.
Insert
Here is how to initialize your data:
Once you have inserted your object(s) in the tree, here is how you can search for the nearest neighbors for a provided location:
You can delete the object based on the custom identifier ID:
boolean ok = kdTree.delete(5);
This is how simple it has been made to query your geo-spatial data.
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