SERIES1 OF 3 PUBLISHED

Geospatial on Databricks

A practical guide for teams running geospatial workloads on Databricks. The patterns that work, the gotchas that don't, and the tribal knowledge that takes months to discover.

3 parts
53 min total
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AVAILABLE15 min

Why Databricks for Geospatial

The case for running geospatial workloads on Databricks. When it makes sense, when it doesn't, and the ecosystem that makes it work.

  • Lakehouse architecture benefits
  • Mosaic + Photon performance
  • When NOT to use Databricks
2
COMING SOON20 min

Critical Patterns That Save Hours

The Volumes I/O gotcha, two-stage writes, memory management, and the geometry validation patterns that prevent 90% of failures.

  • Volumes seek operation errors
  • Two-stage write pattern
  • Memory-efficient processing
3
COMING SOON18 min

Jobs API for Pipeline Automation

Programmatic orchestration with Git Source integration. Create, trigger, monitor, and repair geospatial pipelines via API.

  • Git Source integration
  • Task dependencies
  • Cost optimisation patterns
BEGIN THE SERIES

Start with Part 1:
Why Databricks for Geospatial

Understand when Databricks is the right choice for geospatial workloads, and when simpler alternatives make more sense. No vendor hype—just practical decision criteria.