The preferred embodiment of the present invention improves {HEAD ~ techniques} of the past that were used to determine the grid cell size and that facilitate {TAIL ~ efficient indexing} of a spatial database 
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The preferred embodiment of the present invention improves { HEAD ~ techniques } of the past that were used to determine the grid cell size and that facilitate { TAIL ~ efficient indexing } of a spatial database
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