What Big Data product or platform can I use to store geographical data?

Question

I'm looking for a Big Data solution for storing records with geographical locations (Lat/Lng), and then performing a proximity search.

For instance, storing all buildings in a database, and then querying it for the buildings closest to the user's current location.

I expect a large amount of entities with a lot of insertions, so this has to be a Big Data solution.

Thanks!

nadya · Answer 1 · 2012-10-29T02:27:34.833

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I would suggest you PostgreSQL with PostGIS. PostgreSQL is known as very good for handling large datasets. And, it is open source.

edited Oct 29 '12 at 02:27

answered Oct 29 '12 at 02:07

nadya

Doesn't 'Big Data' suggest he's looking for a cloud based solution? – Vladtn Oct 29 '12 at 10:58
He didn't mention this. Maybe someone will suggest also a cloud platform, or he might specify the question. – nadya Oct 29 '12 at 18:06

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