Research Article

Multiple Depth DB Tables Indexing on the Sphere

Table 3

Parameters for the HTM and HEALPix pixelization used in the tests.

/ Area Rows/Pix. Bytes
(arcmin )

HTM

6 32,768 89,290 2
8 524,288 283 5,580 3
10 8,388,608 18 348 3
12 134,217,728 1 21 4

HEALPix

6 49,152 59,526 2
8 786,432 189 3,720 3
10 12,582,912 12 232 3
12 201,326,592 0.7 14 4

(deg ); additional disk storage per row needed.