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Using Redis for Storing and Working with Geospatial Data

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10 Aug 2022CPOL6 min read 10.1K   10  
Learn how to use Redis and its geospatial indexes and commands for complex geo calculations
Working with geospatial data is notoriously difficult, because latitude and longitude are floating point numbers and should be very precise. In addition, it would seem that latitude and longitude can be represented as a grid, but in fact they can't, simply because Earth is not flat, and mathematics is a complex science. In this article, we'll look at how Redis can help us minimize calculations when working with geospatial data.

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Aleksandr Ulanov is a Full Stack Software Engineer. He started web development in 2012 and gained strong knowledge and expertise in the field over time. He's now an internationally recognized expert in Ruby programming language, who constantly contributes his knowledge to the industry.

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