Geospatial Unbounded: Spatial SQL GA with AI/BI Maps, Delta Sharing, and Iceberg v3

Databricks announces General Availability of Spatial SQL, enabling geospatial queries and analysis on a single lakehouse platform.

• •Support for 90+ ST_* functions with GEOMETRY and GEOGRAPHY data types for storing vector data
• •20% to 15X performance improvements in spatial joins and operations compared to previous versions
• •AI/BI Dashboards now render maps using Geometry/Geography columns, with Genie Code generating spatial queries
• •Delta Sharing enables secure sharing of geo tables with reinsurance partners and external agencies
• •Iceberg v3 interoperability allows reading and writing managed Iceberg tables with geospatial data types

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