Geospatial Data

This section explains how to use geospatial data in Exasol.

Geospatial data is information that identifies geographic features, locations, and boundaries on Earth. By using geospatial data, you can store and analyze geographical information. In Exasol, geospatial data is stored as GEOMETRY objects that are defined through coordinates stored as strings, for example, 'POINT(2 5)'.

Geospatial Objects

Exasol provides several built-in functions to execute calculations and operations on geospatial objects. You can import geospatial data into Exasol from CSV and GeoJSON files and perform operations on the data within Exasol.

This section covers the following topics: