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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Keith A. Bentley, Elverson, PA (US);
Raymond B. Bentley, Elverson, PA (US);
Keith A. Bentley, Elverson, PA (US);
Raymond B. Bentley, Elverson, PA (US);
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, Exton, PA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a particular number of best entities are found in a database with a spatial index that satisfy both spatial criteria and entity filtering criteria. For each of a set of targets in the spatial index whose bounding box meets the spatial criteria, a spatial score is calculated. If the spatial score is less than a minimum spatial score in a current map of best entities and the current map is full, the target is excluded from further consideration. If the spatial score is not less than the minimum spatial score, when the target is an entity that meets the entity filtering criteria, the current map is updated to store the entity and the spatial score for the entity. When each of the targets in the spatial index has been subject to test or excluded from consideration, the current map is returned as a final result.