Meeting Summary for Geoparquet & friends (arrow, iceberg, etc) meet up

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Yves Moisan has shared notes from Geoparquet & friends (arrow, iceberg, etc) meet up, Jan 13 . The meeting focused on updates and discussions about GeoParquet and related projects. Javi reported increased interest from large cloud vendors in GeoParquet for 2025. Dewe highlighted the inclusion of geography in the Iceberg PR, though concerns about CRS standardization were noted. Kyle discussed a new release of his geo index library and its potential use in data fusion partitioning. Jed mentioned progress on the ADBC driver for GeoParquet and QGIS support. The team also discussed the challenges of integrating vector similarity search and the potential benefits of GeoParquet for various applications, including cloud-optimized geospatial data reads and data fusion partitioning. View in Otter → Geoparquet & friends (arrow, iceberg, etc) meet up Jan 13, 9:49 am, 42 min   The meeting focused on updates and discussions about GeoParquet and related projects. Javi reported increased interest from large cloud vendors in GeoParquet for 2025. Dewe highlighted the inclusion of geography in the Iceberg PR, though concerns about CRS standardization were noted. Kyle discussed a new release of his geo index library and its potential use in data fusion partitioning. Jed mentioned progress on the ADBC driver for GeoParquet and QGIS support. The team also discussed the challenges of integrating vector similarity search and the potential benefits of GeoParquet for various applications, including cloud-optimized geospatial data reads and data fusion partitioning. See full summary →   Action items Jed Sundwall – Continue work on using Geoparquet as a metadata store for Parquet files. Kyle Barron – Write a blog post or Jupyter notebook example on using the Geo Index library for partitioning. Kyle Barron – Release a new version of Geo Arrow to add support for the geometry and geometry collection types. See 5 action items →   See 7 images → Yves is automating meeting notes. Try it for your own meetings! Get started for free →   Otter.ai, 800 W El Camino Real, Suite 170 Mountain View, CA 94040 Email settings   Unsubscribe

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Prayitno - has shared notes from Geoparquet & friends (arrow, iceberg, etc) meet up, Jan 13 . The meeting covered updates on various projects related to GeoParquet and related technologies. Javi discussed ongoing conversations with large cloud vendors about GeoParquet integration, emphasizing its priority for 2025. Dewe highlighted the inclusion of geography in the upcoming iceberg PR, noting the need for standardization of CRS. Kyle introduced a new release of his geo index library, emphasizing its memory efficiency. Jonathan expressed excitement about the integration of spatial data into Parquet and iceberg, and Jason inquired about vector similarity search capabilities. The team also discussed the potential of using GeoParquet for various applications, including data fusion and vector similarity search, and the challenges of maintaining compatibility with different systems.

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Geoparquet & friends (arrow, iceberg, etc) meet up

Jan 13, 9:50 am, 42 min   The meeting covered updates on various projects related to GeoParquet and related technologies. Javi discussed ongoing conversations with large cloud vendors about GeoParquet integration, emphasizing its priority for 2025. Dewe highlighted the inclusion of geography in the upcoming iceberg PR, noting the need for standardization of CRS. Kyle introduced a new release of his geo index library, emphasizing its memory efficiency. Jonathan expressed excitement about the integration of spatial data into Parquet and iceberg, and Jason inquired about vector similarity search capabilities. The team also discussed the potential of using GeoParquet for various applications, including data fusion and vector similarity search, and the challenges of maintaining compatibility with different systems. See full summary →   Action items Kyle Barron – Kyle to write a blog post or Jupyter notebook example on the new geo index Python and REST library for R-tree and Quadtree indexing. Dewe to continue working on the Geoparquet integration into the iceberg specification, with a focus on ensuring the CRS is well-defined. Jake to work on an example of writing Geoparquet data with a writer that handles the bounding boxes correctly. See 5 action items →   See 6 images → Prayitno is automating meeting notes. Try it for your own meetings!

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