Category: Geospatial

Check out the blogs that falls under the category Geospatial search, which is a component of Couchbase Full text Search. For finding geographic data relationships in GeoJSON and map-related properties.

SPACE.HACK 2025: Building the Future of Space Apps

SPACE.HACK 2025: Building the Future of Space Apps

On May 17, 2025, engineers, students, and developers landed at Turion Space HQ for SPACE.HACK, a hands-on, fast-paced hackathon co-hosted by Turion Space, Couchbase, and AWS. The goal? Build space-inspired apps using Couchbase Capella that make satellite tracking more accessible...

Semantic Similarity with Focused Selectivity

Semantic Similarity with Focused Selectivity

Why does semantic search need selectivity? Up until now, we’ve viewed a vector embedding as a complete, stand-alone entity – focused entirely on the meaning it encodes. While this enables semantic search, often with a high degree of similarity, it...

Plataforma única, Couchbase multiuso: Pesquisa vetorial, geoespacial, SQL++ e muito mais

Plataforma única, Couchbase multiuso: Pesquisa vetorial, geoespacial, SQL++ e muito mais

Há casos de uso que são melhor atendidos por vários tipos de acesso a dados, incluindo SQL, pesquisa vetorial, consultas geoespaciais e acesso de valor-chave. Uma abordagem é combinar/encadear vários sistemas de dados para cada método de acesso. No entanto,...

Single Platform, Multi-Purpose Couchbase: Vector Search, Geospatial, SQL++, and More

Single Platform, Multi-Purpose Couchbase: Vector Search, Geospatial, SQL++, and More

There are use cases that are best served by multiple types of data access, including SQL, vector search, geospatial queries, and key-value access. One approach is to combine/chain together multiple data systems for each access method. However, the Couchbase approach...

Matthew Groves December 25, 2024
Hybrid Search: An Overview

Hybrid Search: An Overview

What Is Hybrid Search? Hybrid search typically refers to a search approach that combines multiple search methodologies or technologies to provide more comprehensive and accurate results. In the context of information retrieval, hybrid search often involves blending traditional keyword-based searching...

Advanced Geospatial Support added to Search Service

Advanced Geospatial Support added to Search Service

The Couchbase Search service is introducing higher dimensional geospatial indexing and querying capabilities with the Couchbase Server release 7.1.2. Until this new feature, the Search service was limited to indexing single dimensional geopoint/location fields. Queries were limited to bounding queries...

Sreekanth Sivasankaran November 9, 2022
Creating Python and JavaScript User Defined Functions For Geospatial Queries

Creating Python and JavaScript User Defined Functions For Geospatial Queries

SQL++ queries can access data stored in your Couchbase cluster in a variety of ways. There are situations where having the business logic as part of your data queries can also be beneficial. SQL++ supports this with User Defined Functions...

Nithish Raghunandanan April 20, 2022
Top Blogs of 2021 – Part 1

Top Blogs of 2021 – Part 1

What a whirlwind 2021 has been! We’ve had a lot of major events take place this year including debuting on Nasdaq, debuting in the Gartner Magic Quadrant, launching Couchbase Server 7.0, and of course, introducing Couchbase Capella. It’s been a...

Isheeta Lad December 27, 2021
Level Up Your Data Visualization with Charts in Couchbase 7.0.2

Level Up Your Data Visualization with Charts in Couchbase 7.0.2

If a picture is worth a thousand words, data visualization is worth a thousand data points. With the release of Couchbase 7.0.2, the Query Workbench (and the Analytics Workbench) now include a Charts tab that allows you to create charts...

Isha Kandaswamy October 22, 2021
3 Reasons Customers Turn from MongoDB to Couchbase

3 Reasons Customers Turn from MongoDB to Couchbase

Let’s face it. MongoDB is a popular NoSQL database upon which to build applications. But just like many “beginner” data analysis projects that start in a spreadsheet, when it’s time to get serious, it’s also time to upgrade. And when...

What Is Spatial Data? Geospatial Basics, Databases & NoSQL Examples

What Is Spatial Data? Geospatial Basics, Databases & NoSQL Examples

This brief intro to several geospatial data concepts covers spatial databases, spatial indexing, and using GeoJSON data in NoSQL. What is Spatial Data? Spatial data are data types (files, databases, web services) that encode geographic information for use in location-aware...

R Programming With Coucbhase NoSQL Queries & Maps

R Programming With Coucbhase NoSQL Queries & Maps

Many statistical data analysts and data scientists use the R programming language to crunch their numbers outside of a database. Likewise, database analysts try to do everything in the same database whenever possible to maintain a single source. Couchbase provides...