R-Trees

• Interior nodes contain sets

of regions.

• Regions can overlap and not

cover all parent’s region.

• Typical query:
  • Where am I?

• Can be used to store regions

as well as data points.

• Inserting a new region may

involve extending one of the

existing regions (minimally).

• Splitting leaves is also tricky.

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