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ClickHouse has Geo data types and functions (such as import and export from WKT, GeoJSON) and special features to accelerate geospatial queries.

For example, polygonal dictionaries allow doing coordinate-to-region lookups using the indexed data structure. It is used for mobile app analytics and ride-sharing apps.

https://clickhouse.com/blog/real-world-data-noaa-climate-dat...

Reverse geocoding is a task requiring quite sophisticated algorithms to implement it optimally. It's worth a dedicated blog post... You can check the source code: https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/. See src/Dictionaries/Polygon Dictionary Implementations.h



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