NoSQL and spatial data

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Igor Brejc picture Igor Brejc · Jan 11, 2010 · Viewed 15.6k times · Source

Has any of you had any experience with using NoSQL (non-relational) databases to store spatial data? Are there any potential benefits (speed, space, ...) of using such databases to hold data for, say, a desktop application (compared to using SpatiaLite or PostGIS)?

I've seen posts about using MongoDB for spatial data, but I'm interested in some performance comparison.

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Peter Neubauer picture Peter Neubauer · Jan 11, 2010

graphs databases like Neo4j are a very good fit, especially as you can add different indexing schemes dynamically as you go. Typical stuff you can do on your base data is of course 1D indexing (e.g. Timline or B-Trees) or funkier stuff like Hilbert Curves etc, see Nick's blog. Also, for some live demonstration, look at the AWE open source GIS desktop tool here, the underlying indexed graph being visible around time 07:00 .

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