Apache Iceberg now supports geospatial data types natively
(wherobots.com)
Geospatial solutions were thought of as “special”, because what modernized the data ecosystem of today, left geospatial data mostly behind. This changes today. Thanks to the efforts of the Apache Iceberg and Parquet communities, we are excited to share that both Iceberg and Parquet now support geometry and geography (collectively the GEO) data types.
Geospatial solutions were thought of as “special”, because what modernized the data ecosystem of today, left geospatial data mostly behind. This changes today. Thanks to the efforts of the Apache Iceberg and Parquet communities, we are excited to share that both Iceberg and Parquet now support geometry and geography (collectively the GEO) data types.