[Community] Is bulk-loading possible?

[Howard Butler]

On Jul 19, 2010, at 9:14 PM, Lee Seongjoo wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> Using Rtree package, is bulk-loading possible? I have tens of million 3D coordinates to be inserted to R-Tree from scratch. I did created indices with the Insert function. It took about 17 minutes. I think I should use bulk-loading with these data. So I would like to know whether Rtree-0.6 have bulk-loading capability. 

Yes, Rtree 0.6 can bulk load.  It is called "stream loading".  Start reading here for details how to use it <http://trac.gispython.org/lab/browser/Rtree/trunk/tests/index.txt#L236>.

You did not reply to my questioning your assertion that the Rtree package requires axis boundary values.

Also, as I said last week:

On Jul 12, 2010, at 8:53 PM, Howard Butler wrote:
> I would note that Rtrees are not particularly good for high volume point data, and I would suggest looking at other indexing alternatives if this is your desire.

Howard