2017 GIS features in MariaDB and MySQL

https://media.ccc.de/v/froscon2017-2034-gis_features_in_mariadb_and_mysql

What has happened in recent years …

MySQL originally only had very rudimentary GIS support. Both MariaDB and recent MySQL releases have improved quite a bit on this front though. We will look at the improvements and at the differences between the two extended implementations.

Hartmut Holzgraefe