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Documentation for spatial SQL public preview - Where is it?

Lucas_N — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 07:46:07 GMT

Hi everybody,
since DBR 17.1 spatial sql functions (st_point(), st_distancesphere, ... ) are in public preview.
The functionality is presented in this talk Geospatial Insights With Databricks SQL: Techniques and Applications or discussed here in the forum Spatial Queries - Databricks Community - 69259

However I am unable to find the documentation regarding these functions. I tried googeling all key word variants but no luck.
Can someone please point me in the right direction?
Thank you!

Re: Documentation for spatial SQL public preview - Where is it?

Advika — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 10:44:22 GMT

Hello @Lucas_N!

As of now, the official documentation is expected to roll out soon. Once it's published, I’ll share the link here.

Re: Documentation for spatial SQL public preview - Where is it?

Geospatial_Gwen — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 15:09:42 GMT

Is this what you were after?

https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/sql/language-manual/sql-ref-st-geospatial-functions