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Exploring GeoParquet: Storing Geospatial Vector Data
The chapter introduces GeoParquet, a specialized file format for storing geospatial vector data within the familiar Parquet framework, highlighting its advantages like spatial indexing and compression. It compares indexing challenges between raster and vector data, emphasizing the complexities in organizing vector data due to irregular geometries. The discussion extends to the flexibility of data grouping and sorting in GeoParquet, hinting at potential innovations with the upcoming 1.1 specification.