GeoMesa

Spec sheet

Purpose

GeoMesa is an open-source suite for large-scale geospatial analytics on distributed computing systems.Read 3 Oct 2026 · geomesa.org

Security

GeoMesa supports visibility labels to govern which users can see records, with attribute-level visibility currently implemented only for its Accumulo data store.Read 3 Oct 2026 · geomesa.org

Support

The project directs users to its mailing list for bug reports and additional support, and says professional support is offered by GA Intelligence.Read 3 Oct 2026 · geomesa.org

License

GeoMesa is licensed under the Apache License Version 2.0.Read 3 Oct 2026 · geomesa.org

Analytics

GeoMesa supports Apache Spark for distributed geospatial analytics.Read 3 Oct 2026 · geomesa.org

Community module limit

The manual says community modules are outside the GeoMesa project and are not supported by the GeoMesa team.Read 3 Oct 2026 · geomesa.org

Databases

The project site lists Accumulo, HBase, Redis, and Cassandra among the databases GeoMesa works with.Read 3 Oct 2026 · geomesa.org

Distribution

Release distributions with binary artifacts are available from GitHub, and GeoMesa artifacts are hosted on Maven Central.Read 3 Oct 2026 · geomesa.org

Mapping APIs

Through GeoServer, GeoMesa connects mapping clients using OGC APIs and protocols including WFS and WMS.Read 3 Oct 2026 · geomesa.org

Release and runtime

The recommended version shown is 5.4.0, and GeoMesa requires Java 11 or 17 to run.Read 3 Oct 2026 · geomesa.org

Scale

The manual says GeoMesa can store gigabytes to petabytes of spatial data and scale horizontally by adding servers.Read 3 Oct 2026 · geomesa.org

Security configuration

The manual says there is no default authorization-provider implementation for different security architectures, so users must provide their own service provider for that setup.Read 3 Oct 2026 · geomesa.org

Spatial data

It stores point, line, and polygon data and supports queries using geographic properties such as distance and area.Read 3 Oct 2026 · geomesa.org

Streaming

GeoMesa supports near real-time spatio-temporal stream processing using Apache Kafka.Read 3 Oct 2026 · geomesa.org

Use cases

The manual describes GeoMesa as suited to large or high-velocity spatial datasets, including IoT, tracking, social media, and mobile-phone data.Read 3 Oct 2026 · geomesa.org

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

• Spatial Databases#19 of 407.9