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Apache Sedona

Apache Sedona is the most widely deployed open-source distributed spatial engine in the world, with 68M+ downloads. It runs on Apache Spark and Apache Flink and supports spatial SQL, Python, Java, and Scala for processing geometry and raster data at scale. Wherobots was founded by Jia Yu and Mo Sarwat, the researchers who created Apache Sedona at Arizona State University. Any Apache Sedona workload runs on Wherobots with zero code changes.

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2,000,000 Downloads per month
78,000,000 Number of downloads
2,200 Stars on github
200% Year over year growth

The Open Source Solution for High-Performance Geospatial ETL & Analytics

Apache Sedona extends distributed compute frameworks to add support for spatial data types, spatial indexing, and efficient spatial query processing using Spatial SQL and Python.

With over 300 vector and raster Spatial SQL functions and support for multiple distributed compute engines including Apache Spark, Apache Flink, and Snowflake, as well as a purpose built engine in Rust with SedonaDB, Apache Sedona brings the most comprehensive support of Spatial SQL, python, R and Scala to parallel and scalable data processing environments.

Apache Sedona Architecture

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We're going through exciting new features in SedonaDB (Rust) 0.4. James Willis, one of the Sedona committers, is hopping on to walk through what he's been building.On the agenda: - conda-forge packaging- Python DataFrame API plus an R dplyr interface- Geography support- GPU-accelerated spatial join- Parquet improvements and more spatial function coverage- New raster infrastructure Apache Sedona Community Office Hour: July 2026

Apache Sedona Community Office Hour: July 2026

We recap what shipped in Apache Sedona 1.9, including the Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF writer, the new PROJ-based CRS engine, and Bing tile functions. We then preview SedonaDB 0.4 with GPU-accelerated spatial join on ray tracing cores, geography joins on a sphere, the sedona-gdal crate, and raster predicates for tile pruning. The session closes with a sneak peek at Sedona 1.9.1 (geography type in Sedona Spark, Box2D, Box3D, and more raster support), community resources, and Q&A.00:00 Intro, agenda, and Sedona community growth01:31 Where Sedona runs and the system architecture04:12 SedonaDB Rust overview and how to install05:44 Release cadence and what shipped in Sedona 1.910:01 Cloud optimized GeoTIFF and Bing tile functions13:09 New CRS support with PROJ14:12 SedonaDB 0.4 preview and GPU spatial join18:52 Geography spatial join on a sphere21:09 GDAL foundation and raster predicate pushdown24:31 Sedona 1.9.1 preview: geography, Box2D, Box3D, raster31:24 Community: book, contributing, and sharing your story33:30 Q&A and Databricks Summit Apache Sedona Community Office Hour: June 2026

Apache Sedona Community Office Hour: June 2026

Topics include:- Recent Apache Sedona 1.9.0 release with a focus on its raster functionalities- Upcoming SedonaDB release’s new features such as GPU accelerated spatial join Apache Sedona Community Office Hour: May 2026

Apache Sedona Community Office Hour: May 2026

During this office hour, we'll coverthe features of a number of releases across the Apache Sedona ecosystem including- Apache Sedona 1.8.1- SedonaDB 0.2.0- SpatialBench 0.1.000:00 Welcome and agenda00:44 Apache Sedona ecosystem overview and stats01:55 Sedona architecture: Spark, Flink, Snowflake, SedonaDB05:02 Release cadence and recent releases05:56 Sedona 1.9 highlights: Spark 4.1 and new CRS engine07:41 Sedona 1.9: cloud optimized GeoTIFF writer08:21 Sedona 1.9: Bing tile functions and auto-tiling raster data source09:43 Sedona 1.9: new geometry functions, GeoParquet, and GeoPandas API11:48 SedonaDB 0.4 preview: GPU spatial joins, geography type, GDAL raster15:38 SedonaDB 0.4: geography joins with S2 cells and raster-vector interop18:45 Guest talk: geography type coming to Sedona Spark 1.9.119:46 Why geography matters: anti-meridian, geodesic distance, polar regions25:07 New geography ST functions and join predicates27:43 Under the hood: lazy serialization and S2 indexing30:22 How geography spatial joins work in Spark33:16 Benchmark: geography vs. geometry performance39:22 Free Sedona book, community resources, and how to contribute Apache Sedona Community Office Hour: February 2026

Apache Sedona Community Office Hour: February 2026

Topics covered:• Apache Sedona 1.8.1 • SedonaDB 0.2.0 • SpatialBench 0.1.00:00 Introduction 3:57 What Is SedonaDB? 6:59 Apache Sedona Community Growth 9:50 Sedona Flink SQL Module for Enhanced Flink Integration 11:40 STAC Authentication Support in Python & Scala APIs 13:57 ST_ApproximateMedialAxis & ST_StraightSkeleton: Why They Matter 19:24 SpatialBench Overview: Components & Results 22:19 Sedona Performance Benchmarks: Databricks Serverless SQL vs. Sedona 28:03 SedonaDB Demo Spatial Query Benchmarking on Databricks with SpatialBench: https://sedona.apache.org/latest/blog/2026/01/08/spatial-query-benchmarking-databricks/ Apache Sedona Community Office Hour: January 2026

Apache Sedona Community Office Hour: January 2026

Topics covered:- Highlights from the new Apache Sedona 1.8 release- A sneak peek at what’s next in Apache Sedona 1.8.1- Latest status report on ST_Transform for better accuracy- ST_Transform in SedonaDB explanation and live demoCheck out the Cloud Native Geospatial Analytics with Apache Sedona: https://bit.ly/3T9DqGa Apache Sedona Community Office Hour: November 2025

Apache Sedona Community Office Hour: November 2025

We’re celebrating Apache Sedona 1.8.0 release and the launch of SedonaDB & SpatialBench with a special Apache Sedona Community Office Hour!Here’s what we’ll cover: - What’s new in Apache Sedona 1.8.0 - The launch of SedonaDB with examples & demos - A deep dive into SpatialBench and its designCheck out SedonaDB here: https://sedona.apache.org/sedonadb/latest/ Apache Sedona Community Office Hour: October 2025

Apache Sedona Community Office Hour: October 2025

In this session, we'll cover: - New Area of Interest API in ST_Transform- GeoPandas API progress- Sneak peek at 1.8.0 release- Geography type support update- New Well-Known Locations library Apache Sedona Community Office Hour: September 2025

Apache Sedona Community Office Hour: September 2025

Features of Sedona 1.8.0 covered:- GeoPandas API for Sedona- Running Sedona on PyFlink- Comprehensive Spark 4.0 support- Geography type integrationDownload the O’Reilly book: https://bit.ly/3T9DqGa Join Apache Sedona Discord channel to engage with the community: https://bit.ly/460BSWG Apache Sedona Community Office Hour: July 2025

Apache Sedona Community Office Hour: July 2025

During this office hour, we covered the upcoming Apache Sedona 1.8.0 release:- GeoPandas API on Sedona- Sedona on PyFlink- Spark 4.0 support- Sedona vectorized Python UDF- GeoParquet, and Parquet Geo types0:00 Introduction2:11 Overview of Sedona System Architecture6:45 What’s new in 1.7.1 release10:26 OpenStreetMap PBF Reader12:44 Sneak Peak: Sedona 1.7.2 Release 13:35 Looking Ahead: Sedona 1.8.0 Release16:56 Why We’re Support Java 1121:11 Example of PyFlink Support22:38 Overview of GeoParquet24:30 What is Apache Iceberg?27:12 Working With Iceberg Geo Types33:49 Working With Parquet Geo Types35:44 Final Thoughts & Q&ADownload the O’Reilly book: https://bit.ly/3T9DqGa Join Apache Sedona Discord channel to engage with the community: https://bit.ly/460BSWG Apache Sedona Community Office Hour: June 2025

Apache Sedona Community Office Hour: June 2025

For this month's office hour, we covered:- Broadcast join support for distributed KNN Join- STAC catalog & OpenStreetMap (OSM) PBF reader- Preview of 1.8.0: GeoPandas API, PyFlink support & Spark 4.0 compatibility- Live demo: Using Sedona with Overture Maps dataDownload the O’Reilly book: https://bit.ly/3T9DqGa Join Apache Sedona Discord channel to engage with the community: https://bit.ly/460BSWG Apache Sedona Community Office Hour: May 2025

Apache Sedona Community Office Hour: May 2025

This month, we covered Sedona 1.7.1 release: - SQL interface for GeoStats (ST_DBSCAN, ST_GLocal, ST_LocalOutlierFactor) - Broadcast join support for distributed KNN Join - STAC catalog & OpenStreetMap (OSM) PBF reader - New ST functions like ST_RemoveRepeatedPoints0:00 Introduction2:27 Sedona System Architecture8:21 What’s New in Sedona 1.7.1 Release10:50 GeoSTATS12:25 Broadcast kNN Join14:59 OpenStreetMap PBF Reader17:16 GeoParquet with Balanced Partitioning20:09 GeoArrow Support in Sedona DataFrame21:31 Faster Rasterization24:14 STAC Catalog reader - Feng Zhang29:07 STAC Item Schema30:57 DF/SQL Filter Pushdown34:38 Example: Using STAC Reader with Your Notebook42:33 Q&ADownload the O’Reilly book: https://bit.ly/3T9DqGa Join Apache Sedona Discord channel to engage with the community: https://bit.ly/460BSWG Apache Sedona Community Office Hour: April 2025

Apache Sedona Community Office Hour: April 2025

Each month we host the Apache Sedona community office hour as a way to connect the Apache Sedona community and cover the latest project updates, a focus topic presentation, time for open discussion and Q&A, and information on the roadmap and future plans. Topics covered:What’s new in Sedona 1.7.0- KNN Join- GeoStats- DataFrame readers (shapefiles, GeoPackage). Will potentially invite Kristin to give a presentation about the Shapefile readerFeatures in upcoming new 1.7.1 release- GeoStats SQL interface- STAC reader- Iceberg Geo reader / writer in Sedona- Parquet Geo reader / writer in SedonaCommunity development- Improvement on docs- Enable GitHub discussion- Encourage to use GitHub issues instead of JIRADownload the O’Reilly book: https://bit.ly/3T9DqGa Join Apache Sedona Discord channel to engage with the community: https://bit.ly/460BSWG Apache Sedona Community Office Hour – March 2025

Apache Sedona Community Office Hour – March 2025

Each month we host the Apache Sedona community office hour as a way to connect the Apache Sedona community and cover the latest project updates, a focus topic presentation, time for open discussion and Q&A, and information on the roadmap and future plans. This month we cover:* What’s new in Sedona 1.7.0: KNN Join, GeoStats, DataFrame readers * Features in the upcoming new 1.7.1 release: GeoStats SQL interface and bug fixes* Community development: Documentation improvements and GitHub discussionDownload the O’Reilly book: https://bit.ly/3T9DqGa Join Apache Sedona Discord channel to engage with the community: https://bit.ly/460BSWG Apache Sedona Community Office Hours – February 2025

Apache Sedona Community Office Hours – February 2025

Each month we host the Apache Sedona community office hour as a way to connect the Apache Sedona community and cover the latest project updates, a focus topic presentation, time for open discussion and Q&A, and information on the roadmap and future plans. This month we cover:* How to utilize the KNN Join* Deep dive into GeoStats* More about DataFrame-based readersDownload the O’Reilly book: https://bit.ly/3T9DqGa Join Apache Sedona Discord channel to engage with the community: https://bit.ly/460BSWG Apache Sedona Community Office Hours – December 2024

Apache Sedona Community Office Hours – December 2024

Each month we host the Apache Sedona community office hour as a way to connect the Apache Sedona community and cover the latest project updates, a focus topic presentation, time for open discussion and Q&A, and information on the roadmap and future plans. This month we cover:* Sedona 1.7.0 release* KNN Join* GeoStats: scalable spatial statistics toolbox* DataFrame-based readersDownload the O’Reilly book: https://bit.ly/3T9DqGa Join Apache Sedona Discord channel to engage with the community: https://bit.ly/460BSWG Apache Sedona Community Office Hours – November 2024

Apache Sedona Community Office Hours – November 2024

Each month we host the Apache Sedona community office hour as a way to connect the Apache Sedona community and cover the latest project updates, a focus topic presentation, time for open discussion and Q&A, and information on the roadmap and future plans. This month we cover:* Sedona 1.6.1 release* KNN Join* Native file readers and writers* Sedona 1.7.0 release timelineDownload the O’Reilly book: https://bit.ly/3T9DqGa Join Apache Sedona Discord channel to engage with the community: https://bit.ly/460BSWG Apache Sedona Community Office Hours – September 2024

Apache Sedona Community Office Hours – September 2024

Each month we host the Apache Sedona community office hour as a way to connect the Apache Sedona community and cover the latest project updates, a focus topic presentation, time for open discussion and Q&A, and information on the roadmap and future plans. This month we covered:* The timeline for the next release 1.6.1* GeoParquet 1.1, including attribute support* New ST functionsDownload the O’Reilly book: https://bit.ly/3T9DqGa Join Apache Sedona Discord channel to engage with the community: https://bit.ly/460BSWG Apache Sedona Community Office Hour – August 2024

Apache Sedona Community Office Hour – August 2024

Each month we host the Apache Sedona community office hour as a way to connect the Apache Sedona community and cover the latest project updates, a focus topic presentation, time for open discussion and Q&A, and information on the roadmap and future plans. This month we covered:* Getting started with the Apache Sedona Docker image* An overview of the Apache Sedona 1.6.0 release* Upcoming features in the the 1.6.1 release* A call for help with Sedona documentationDownload the O’Reilly book: https://bit.ly/3T9DqGa Join Apache Sedona Discord channel to engage with the community: https://bit.ly/460BSWG Apache Sedona Community Office Hour – June 2024

Apache Sedona Community Office Hour – June 2024

Each month we host the community office hour as a way to connect the Apache Sedona community and cover the latest project updates, a focus topic presentation, time for open discussion and Q&A, and information on the roadmap and future plans.It’s an excellent opportunity for the community to engage and contribute to Apache Sedona’s development.This time we'll be covering:* What's new in Apache Sedona 1.5.2* What's new in Apache Sedona 1.6.0* Apache SIS integration* Creating Sedona User Defined Functions (UDFs) with Shapely, Rasterio, and NumPy Apache Sedona Office Hours – May 2024

Apache Sedona Office Hours – May 2024

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Learn how to use our new Model Context Protocol (MCP) server to streamline your spatial data workflows. This allows you to interact with your spatial catalogs and databases directly through an AI agent.In this walkthrough, we cover:- Catalog Exploration: Watch the MCP server navigate hierarchies to find specific datasets (like NYC Taxi data) across professional and custom catalogs.- Data Introspection: Perform live queries against massive datasets to get instant insights, such as counting 185 million taxi pickups in seconds.- Agentic Q&A: See how the server handles complex natural language requests, like finding "burger joints near the Space Needle," by inferring locations and schemas automatically.- Notebook Generation: Learn how to use the MCP server to write and validate Python/Jupyter notebooks for heavy-duty spatial joins and large-scale data processing in Wherobots Cloud.Try the MCP server: https://docs.wherobots.com/develop/mcp/mcp-server-installation0:00 – Introduction to the Wherobots MCP Server0:25 – Catalog Exploration: Searching for spatial datasets1:40 – Data Exploration: Running live queries against the database3:11 – Agentic Q&A: Natural language spatial searches (Space Needle Example)4:40 – Generating Jupyter Notebooks for large-scale processing6:45 – Security & Permissions: Understanding the auto-approval step7:55 – Model Choice: Why Claude 4.5 Sonnet is recommended9:10 – Running the generated notebook in Whereabouts Cloud10:40 – Final thoughts and how to get started Wherobots MCP Server Demo

Wherobots MCP Server Demo

🚀 Get started and sign up at https://wherobots.comIn this video, we introduce you to the Wherobots platform, kicking off a series of tutorials designed to familiarize you with its powerful tools and capabilities. Whether you're exploring this video on YouTube or embedded within our notebook environment, this guide ensures you’re set up for success.What You'll Learn:- An overview of the Wherobots Cloud platform.- How to navigate the series of notebooks designed for onboarding.- Essential steps to get started and maximize the platform’s potential.Who Is This For?- New users looking to learn the basics of Whereabouts Cloud.- Professionals exploring geospatial tools for scalable data integration and analysis.- Developers and analysts eager to harness the power of modern geospatial technologies.💡 Next Steps:If you’re watching on YouTube, visit the platform to dive into the interactive notebooks.Already on the platform? Awesome! Follow along to enhance your learning experience.📌 Stay tuned for upcoming videos in this series as we delve deeper into the advanced functionalities of Whereabouts Cloud.Don't forget to like, subscribe, and share if you found this video helpful!Sign up for / Get Started Wherobots for free: https://bit.ly/3Q9PcPe Geospatial Python: Raster and vector data loading in Apache Sedona [Tutorial]

Geospatial Python: Raster and vector data loading in Apache Sedona [Tutorial]

Are you ready to unlock the full potential of your geospatial data? This webinar is designed for professionals and enthusiasts who want to take their geospatial analytics to the next level. Whether you’re just starting out or already working with spatial data, you’ll learn how to leverage the powerful tools and workflows in Wherobots Cloud to analyze, visualize, and interpret geospatial datasets. From setting up your account to mastering advanced analytics, this session will give you actionable insights and hands-on experience.Sign up for / Get Started Wherobots for free: https://bit.ly/3Q9PcPe Wherobots 101: Mastering Scalable Geospatial Data Processing

Wherobots 101: Mastering Scalable Geospatial Data Processing

Follow along for an in-depth webinar on efficiently loading, managing, and analyzing raster and vector data in Wherobots' hosted environment. Whether you're working with massive geospatial datasets or looking for optimized workflows to write and query GeoParquet and Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFFs (COGs), this session will equip you with the tools and techniques to scale your geospatial analysis.In this session, we will walk through two different tutorials:1) For the first tutorial, you can use the community edition to follow along. If you haven’t already, you can create your account here: https://bit.ly/3Q9PcPe 2) For the second tutorial, you will need a Wherobots Pro tier account, which you can sign up through the AWS Marketplace with $400 in free credits: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-ndy62v6hhwrne?sr=0-1&ref_=beagle&applicationId=AWSMPContessaSign up for / Get Started Wherobots for free: https://bit.ly/3Q9PcPe Wherobots 102: Reading and Processing Cloud Native Geospatial Data

Wherobots 102: Reading and Processing Cloud Native Geospatial Data

In this session, you'll learn how to seamlessly integrate Python and Wherobots to perform advanced spatial joins and analyses on geospatial data.Webinar Highlights:- Learn how to join datasets using spatial predicates like ST_Intersects to combine facilities with administrative boundaries—ensuring only relevant spatial relationships are processed.- See how to leverage the powerful ST_AKNN function to efficiently find the k-nearest neighbors for each facility. We’ll explore a Pythonic approach to identify the closest centroids to your facilities, ensuring a highly optimized query without the overhead of expensive cross joins.- Understand how to apply spatial filters to extract a targeted subset of your data. We'll walk through filtering facilities that fall within a specified geographic boundary.- Explore strategies like repartitioning by geohash to improve performance and reduce data shuffling during spatial joins, making your spatial queries scalable for large datasets.- Finally, learn how to visualize your spatial join results interactively using SedonaKepler and SedonaPyDeck, turning complex geospatial data into actionable insights with rich, interactive maps.Timestamps00:00 Introduction 03:01 Introduction to Wherobots, Apache Sedona and product architecture08:16 Performance benchmarks: Wherobots vs. Sedona, BigQuery and Snowflake09:55 Create account and get started with Wherobots | Start a notebook, setting runtime, adding Python libraries, cloud storage, and spatial catalog18:40 Start demo | Connect to runtime and notebook, importing functions from PySpark20:48 Load data | Polygons from Overture Maps and points from Foursquare Open Places Dataset23:49 Standard Spatial Join (Pythonic Approach)27:32 Spatial aggregate | Efficiently count points in each polygon 29:13 K Nearest Neighbor Join 37:22 Advanced optimization techniques | Cluster data using Geohash 47:28 Visualize Spatial Join results with SedonaKepler and SedonaPyDeck48:11 Summary and Q&ASign up for / Get Started Wherobots for free: https://bit.ly/3Q9PcPe Spatial Joins at Scale: Unlocking Advanced Geospatial Analytics with Wherobots

Spatial Joins at Scale: Unlocking Advanced Geospatial Analytics with Wherobots

Zonal statistics—like calculating average elevation or temperature over custom geometries—is one of the most powerful ways to combine raster and vector data. But when it comes to scaling up beyond a few polygons, traditional GIS tools often hit a wall.In this live session, we’ll show you how Wherobots makes large-scale zonal stats simple, fast, and scalable using RS_ZonalStats, a powerful function built for modern spatial SQL. You’ll see how easy it is to load vector features (like buildings or land parcels) and join them with cloud-hosted raster layers to compute meaningful insights—without slowdowns.We’ll walk through:- How to prepare and load both raster and vector data- Using RS_ZonalStats to compute min, max, mean, and more- A real-world demo with Overture Maps and elevation data from AWS- Tips for optimizing and scaling your raster analysis workflowsWhether you’re analyzing terrain, land cover, or climate data, this is your shortcut to making raster analysis work at any scale.0:00 Introduction4:38 Overview of RS_ZonalStatsAll and ST_Isochrones7:48 Set up10:17 Spatial join between raster and polygon dataset13:15 Accessing and preparing raster data 18:59 Load isoochrone polygons from Iceberg 21:16 Compute zonal statistics26:05 Results and efficiency28:41 Further exploration and Q&ASign up for / Get Started Wherobots for free: https://bit.ly/3Q9PcPe Scaling Zonal Statistics: Fast Raster + Vector Joins with Wherobots

Scaling Zonal Statistics: Fast Raster + Vector Joins with Wherobots

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Apache Sedona?

Apache Sedona is the most widely deployed open-source distributed spatial engine in the world, with 78M+ downloads. It runs on Apache Spark and Apache Flink and supports spatial SQL, Python, Java, and Scala for processing geometry and raster data at scale.

Is Apache Sedona open source?

Yes. Apache Sedona is an open-source distributed spatial engine. The code lives on GitHub (2,200 stars on this page’s stats), with an official Docker image, community office hours, and channels on X, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Discord.

What is Apache Sedona software?

Apache Sedona is open-source software that extends distributed compute frameworks with spatial data types, spatial indexing, and Spatial SQL and Python capabilities. It also includes an engine purpose built for spatial data on Rust with SedonaDB as well as a framework for benchmarking spatial data processing with SpatialBench. For distributed compute it brings over 300 vector and raster Spatial SQL functions to parallel environments including Apache Spark, Apache Flink, and Snowflake.

How do I get started with Apache Sedona?

The easiest way to get started with Apache Sedona is to sign up to Wherobots Cloud and use it there directly. It’s fully managed, requires no infrastructure, and runs many times faster and more cost efficiently, especially at scale. And it comes with a built-in data catalog, key features like MCP server integration with VS Code or Claude, and more new capabilities coming every day. Learn about the price performance of WherobotsDB over open source Apache Sedona here.

Who created Apache Sedona?

Apache Sedona was created by researchers Jia Yu and Mo Sarwat at Arizona State University. They later founded Wherobots. Any Apache Sedona workload runs on Wherobots with zero code changes.

Can I run Apache Sedona workloads on Wherobots?

Yes. Any Apache Sedona workload runs on Wherobots with zero code changes. You can start from the free trial on this page, or join the Apache Sedona community on Discord to discuss with other members and experts.

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