#include <boost/geometry.hpp>
#include <boost/geometry/geometries/point.hpp>
#include <boost/geometry/geometries/box.hpp>
#include <boost/geometry/index/rtree.hpp>
#include <boost/foreach.hpp>
#include <boost/interprocess/managed_shared_memory.hpp>
#include <boost/interprocess/allocators/allocator.hpp>
#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include <cstdlib> //std::system
//For parent process argc == 1, for child process argc > 1
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    using namespace boost::interprocess;
    namespace bg = boost::geometry;
    namespace bgm = bg::model;
    namespace bgi = bg::index;
    typedef bgm::point<float, 2, bg::cs::cartesian> P;
    typedef bgm::box<P> B;
    typedef bgi::linear<32, 8> Par;
    typedef bgi::indexable<B> I;
    typedef bgi::equal_to<B> E;
    typedef allocator<B, managed_shared_memory::segment_manager> Alloc;
    typedef bgi::rtree<B, Par, I, E, Alloc> Rtree;
    //Parent process
    if ( argc == 1 )
    {
        struct shm_remove
        {
            shm_remove() { shared_memory_object::remove("MySharedMemory"); }
            ~shm_remove(){ shared_memory_object::remove("MySharedMemory"); }
        } remover;
        managed_shared_memory segment(create_only, "MySharedMemory", 65536);
        std::cout << "Parent: Constructing container\n";
        Rtree * tree = segment.construct<Rtree>("Rtree")(Par(), I(), E(), Alloc(segment.get_segment_manager()));
        std::cout << "Parent: Filling container with 100 boxes\n";
        for ( float i = 0 ; i < 100 ; i += 1 )
            tree->insert(B(P(i, i), P(i+0.5f, i+0.5f)));
        std::cout << "Parent: Tree content\n";
        Rtree::bounds_type bb = tree->bounds();
        std::cout << "[(" << bg::get<0>(bb.min_corner()) << ", " << bg::get<1>(bb.min_corner())
                  << ")(" << bg::get<0>(bb.max_corner()) << ", " << bg::get<1>(bb.max_corner()) << ")]\n";
        std::cout << "Parent: Running child process\n";
        std::string s(argv[0]); s += " child ";
        if ( 0 != std::system(s.c_str()) )
            return 1;
        if ( segment.find<Rtree>("Rtree").first )
            return 1;
        std::cout << "Parent: Container was properly destroyed by the child process\n";
   }
   //Child process
   else
   {
      managed_shared_memory segment(open_only, "MySharedMemory");
      std::cout << "Child: Searching of the container in shared memory\n";
      Rtree * tree = segment.find<Rtree>("Rtree").first;
      std::cout << "Child: Querying for objects intersecting box = [(45, 45)(55, 55)]\n";
      std::vector<B> result;
      unsigned k = tree->query(bgi::intersects(B(P(45, 45), P(55, 55))), std::back_inserter(result));
      std::cout << "Child: Found objects:\n";
      std::cout << k << "\n";
      BOOST_FOREACH(B const& b, result)
      {
        std::cout << "[(" << bg::get<0>(b.min_corner()) << ", " << bg::get<1>(b.min_corner())
                  << ")(" << bg::get<0>(b.max_corner()) << ", " << bg::get<1>(b.max_corner()) << ")]\n";
      }
      std::cout << "\n";
      std::cout << "Child: Destroying container\n";
      segment.destroy<Rtree>("Rtree");
   }
   return 0;
};

Expected results

Parent: Constructing container
Parent: Filling container with 100 boxes
Parent: Tree content
[(0, 0)(99.5, 99.5)]
Parent: Running child process
Child: Searching of the container in shared memory
Child: Querying for objects intersecting box = [(45, 45)(55, 55)]
Child: Found objects:
11
[(45, 45)(45.5, 45.5)]
[(46, 46)(46.5, 46.5)]
[(47, 47)(47.5, 47.5)]
[(48, 48)(48.5, 48.5)]
[(49, 49)(49.5, 49.5)]
[(50, 50)(50.5, 50.5)]
[(51, 51)(51.5, 51.5)]
[(52, 52)(52.5, 52.5)]
[(53, 53)(53.5, 53.5)]
[(54, 54)(54.5, 54.5)]
[(55, 55)(55.5, 55.5)]
Child: Destroying container
Parent: Container was properly destroyed by the child process