Geospatial Tables in the Open Lakehouse: A New Era for Iceberg & Parquet

When: Wednesday, May 7 at 9AM PT

With Apache Iceberg and Parquet now supporting GEO data types, you can process spatial data tables just like any other data type and accelerate answers to questions about our physical world.

Join this livestream to discover how this development is a game-changer for both geospatial data experts and non-spatial professionals.

Livestream Highlights:

• Introduction & Historical Challenges: Overview of traditional geospatial data handling and key pain points
• Iceberg & Parquet for Geospatial: How these technologies address geospatial challenges and drive standardization.
• The Proposal Journey: Development, review, and consensus-building for geospatial extensions in open table formats.
• Bridging the Gap: The role of intermediate solutions including Havasu in shaping the proposal and enabling adoption.
• Future & Adoption: What’s next for geospatial data, migration considerations, and best practices.

Speakers:

• Jia Yu, Co-Founder and CTO at Wherobots
• Chris Holmes, Creator of GeoParquet, Planet Fellow at Planet
• Szehon Ho, Iceberg PMC Member, Software Engineer at Databricks
• Vikram Gundeti, CTO at Foursquare