IBM InfoSphere Streams: Accelerating Deployments with Analytic Accelerators

Geospatial Toolkit

In this chapter, we introduce the Geospatial Toolkit (referred to as “toolkit” in this chapter), a collection of types and functions that are useful in creating applications that process and analyze geographic location data. With the advent of low-cost GPS devices, smartphones, location-aware vehicles, and ubiquitous wireless communications, the number of location-based services (LBS), both professional and consumer-oriented, is exploding. Uses range from advertising, taxi dispatching and emergency response to route planning, ...