New Blog: Exploring Neo4j Spatial: Path Intersections Using AIS Data

Introduction

In the first two parts of this series — Installation, Data Loading, and Simple Querying and Layer Management, Spatial Filtering, and Intersection — we’ve looked at the Neo4j Spatial plugin, and how to import data and perform simple geospatial operations on point and polygon layers.

Here, I’ll look at how we can use the plugin to analyze Automatic Identification System (AIS) data — a text format used to record vessel location data and metadata transmitted for shipping. I have s...

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