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In the context of a spatial index, a grid (a.k.a. "mesh", also "global grid" if it covers the entire surface of the globe) is a regular tessellation of a manifold or 2-D surface that divides it into a series of contiguous cells, which can then be assigned unique identifiers and used for spatial indexing purposes. A wide variety of such grids have been proposed or are currently in use, including grids based on "square" or "rectangular" cells, triangular grids or meshes, hexagonal grids and grids based on diamond-shaped cells. ==Types of grids== "Square" or "rectangular" grids are frequently the simplest in use, i.e. for translating spatial information expressed in Cartesian coordinates (latitude and longitude) into and out of the grid system. Such grids may or may not be aligned with the gridlines of latitude and longitude; for example, Marsden squares, World Meteorological Organization squares, c-squares and others are aligned, while UTM, and various national (=local) grid based systems such as the British national grid reference system are not. In general, these grids fall into two classes, those that are "''equal angle''", that have cell sizes that are constant in degrees of latitude and longitude but are unequal in area (particularly with varying latitude), or those that are "''equal area''", that have cell sizes that are constant in distance on the ground (e.g. 100 km, 10 km) but not in degrees of longitude, in particular. The most influential triangular grid is the "Quaternary Triangular Mesh" or QTM that was developed by Geoffrey Dutton in the early 1980s. It eventually resulted in a thesis entitled "A Hierarchical Coordinate System for Geoprocessing and Cartography" that was published in 1999 (see publications list on Dutton's (Spatial Effects ) website). This grid was also employed as the basis of the rotatable globe that forms part of the Microsoft Encarta product. For a discussion of Discrete Global Grid Systems featuring hexagonal and other grids (including diamond-shaped), the paper of Sahr ''et al.'' (2003)〔Kevin Sahr, Denis White, and A. Jon Kimerling. 2003. Geodesic Discrete Global Grid Systems. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 30(2), 121-134. 〕 is recommended reading. In general, triangular and hexagonal grids are constructed so as to better approach the goals of equal-area (or nearly so) plus more seamless coverage across the poles, which tends to be a problem area for square or rectangular grids since in these cases, the cell width diminishes to nothing at the pole and those cells adjacent to the pole then become 3- rather than 4-sided. Criteria for optimal discrete global gridding have been proposed by both Goodchild and Kimerling〔(Criteria and Measures for the Comparison of Global Geocoding Systems, Keith C. Clarke, University of California )〕 in which equal area cells are deemed of prime importance. Quadtrees are a specialised form of grid in which the resolution of the grid is varied according to the nature and/or complexity of the data to be fitted, across the 2-d space, and are considered separately under that heading. Polar grids utilize the polar coordinate system. In polar grids, intervals of a prescribed radius (circles) that are divided into sectors of a certain angle. Coordinates are given as the radius and angle from the center of the grid (pole). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Grid (spatial index)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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