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Apache Spark ❤️ Apache DataSketches: New Sketch-Based Approximate Distinct Counting

September 21, 2023 by Daniel Tenedorio, Menelaos Karavelas and Ryan Berti in Engineering Blog
Introduction In this blog post, we'll explore a set of advanced SQL functions available within Apache Spark that leverage the HyperLogLog algorithm, enabling...
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Supercharging H3 for Geospatial Analytics

January 12, 2023 by Kent Marten, Michael Johns, Menelaos Karavelas and Desmond Cheong in Platform Blog
On the heels of the initial release of H3 support in Databricks Runtime (DBR ), we are happy to share ground-breaking performance improvements...
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Spatial Analytics at Any Scale With H3 and Photon

December 7, 2022 by Kent Marten, Michael Johns and Menelaos Karavelas in Engineering Blog
H3's global grid indexing system is driving new patterns for spatial analytics across a variety of geospatial use-cases. Recently, Databricks added built-in support...
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Announcing Built-in H3 Expressions for Geospatial Processing and Analytics

September 14, 2022 by Kent Marten, Menelaos Karavelas and Michael Johns in Engineering Blog
The 11.2 Databricks Runtime is a milestone release for Databricks and for customers processing and analyzing geospatial data. The 11.2 release introduces 28...