Spatial and temporal databases are important and well-established sub-disciplines of database research. Some 350 papers in temporal databases have appeared, authored by almost 300 researchers. The literature on spatial databases is also substantial; the bibliography of Samet's landmark book on spatial data structures lists 823 references.
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