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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2022
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Naeem Altaf, Round Rock, TX (US);
Colin Alstad, Charleston, SC (US);
Minsik Lee, Fort Lee, NJ (US);
Sowmya Janakiraman, Leander, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for publishing immutable references to geospatial data. In embodiments, a method includes identifying geospatial data of a data provider, wherein the geospatial data is associated with a grid element of a discrete global grid (DGG); generating, in a grid element data store, an immutable reference in time to the geospatial data, the immutable reference including a pointer to a unique label of the grid element of the DGG and a storage location of the geospatial data; receiving a data request from a user, the data request including location information identifying the grid element; and providing a response to the user including the storage location of the geospatial data associated with the grid element to enable access of the geospatial data by the user, wherein the immutable reference provides a guarantee that the geospatial data is originating from the data provider.