Hi, John! FastQuery will be an extension of the current FastBit or a separate software?Great Job. RegardsAnderson
> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:43:42 -0800 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [FastBit-users] Building indexes from in-memory > multi-dimensional arrays > > Hi, Matthieu, > > You could use FastBit to do what you would like, but it will take some > work. > > - FastBit does not require you to explicitly generate x, y, and z, but > it does want you to put temperature in a file of its own named > temperature. It is possible to keep temperature in your own data file > if it is in HDF5, netCDF, or ADIOS BP format > <http://www.mcs.anl.gov/events/workshops/iasds11/papers/PID2005987.pdf> > > - once you have the data file temperature, you need to tell FastBit > that the data values are on a regular mesh. This is done with a > key-value pair in the header portion of the metadata file -part.txt. > Here is an example > > meshShape = (100, 100, 100) > > - you can issue queries of type ibis::meshQuery on the data partitions > with mesh shape defined. You can find more information about the > meshQuery class at > <http://lbl.gov/~kwu/fastbit/doc/html/classibis_1_1meshQuery.html>. > > > As you might guessed from the first item mentioned above, we are > working on something else to make your task a little easier. > Unfortunately, we have not got the official permission to release the > source code yet. We are happy to get a few beta testers or > collaborators if you are interested. > > John > > > > On 11/17/11 3:13 AM, Matthieu Dorier wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm new to FastBit and I have troubles understanding how to use its > > C++ API. I would like to do the following: > > I have a 3D array of floats representing a physical value (for > > instance "temperature") along a 3D grid. > > I would like to be able to answer queries like "give me all the > > coordinates (x,y,z) where temperature > T", without having to > > transform the original data into a list of (x,y,z,temperature) tuples, > > without making a copy of these data, without writing anything to a > > file (the resulting index could eventually be stored in a file, but I > > don't want it to be done automatically). In other words, I would like > > to simply wrap my data (along with other information if required) into > > a structure from which FastBit can work. > > How can I do that? > > > > Thanks > > > > -- > > Matthieu Dorier > > ENS Cachan, Brittany (Computer Science dpt.) > > IRISA Rennes, Office E324 > > http://perso.eleves.bretagne.ens-cachan.fr/~mdori307/wiki/ > > <http://perso.eleves.bretagne.ens-cachan.fr/%7Emdori307/wiki/> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > FastBit-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://hpcrdm.lbl.gov/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fastbit-users > _______________________________________________ > FastBit-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://hpcrdm.lbl.gov/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fastbit-users
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