DuckDB's Spatial Extension: Democratizing Geospatial Data

What happens when you embed geospatial capabilities in generalist data tools? More people using geo data! A recent Cloud-Native Geospatial conference highlighted the need to broaden geospatial adoption. DuckDB's spatial extension dramatically lowers the barrier to entry, requiring only two lines of code to install and load. This allows casual users to easily work with geospatial data, boosting the ecosystem significantly. The success of Overture Maps Foundation may well be tied to this ease of access.