{HEAD ~ The preferred embodiment} of {TAIL ~ the present invention} advantageously improves the technique of determining a grid index that is used to locate a geometric shape in a spatial database 
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{ HEAD ~ The preferred embodiment } of { TAIL ~ the present invention } advantageously improves the technique of determining a grid index that is used to locate a geometric shape in a spatial database
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