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and to navigate in the hierarchy of the geographic
measure. SOLAP tools are based on the integration
of OLAP and GIS functionalities. In this work, we
have provided an analytical overview of SOLAP
tools grouping them according to their architecture
approach. We described our Web-based prototype
(GeWOlap) for the multidimensional analysis of
huge spatial datasets. GeWOlap combines SOLAP
and GIS operators into a unique interactive and
user-friendly framework. GeWOlap supports geo-
graphic dimensions and geographic measures, and
it introduces some new spatio-multidimensional
operators which allow to change the structure
of the hypercube thanks to dissolve, buffer and
overlay GIS operators.

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