Build space aware application with MySQL GIS - Ivan Tu
Channel: FOSSASIA
Date: 18/11/2023

MySQL has long been the number one open source database in terms of adoption. Its high-performance, stable, and highly available architecture has always been the most preferred open source databases for OLTP applications. As Oracle continues to invest, many interesting new features have appeared in few latest MySQL releases, some of them are not well known to most MySQL users, which include GIS features. This session will introduce you to the GIS data types and GIS features in MySQL version 8.0, and how to apply them to MySQL applications. I will use a simple application to show you how to use MySQL GIS to add spatial awareness to a typical OLTP application. After attending this session, you can learn how to use MySQL's GIS features to extend a typical MySQL application into a system that can respond accordingly to users based on the location.

Ivan Tu
MySQL Solution Senior Engineering Manager, Oracle
Ivan Tu is the senior manager of the East APAC MySQL Solution Engineer Group of Oracle, since 2010 he has promoted MySQL technology in Greater China and the APAC region and helps enterprises adopting MySQL, by participating in many large-scale MySQL application implementing projects, he has also accumulated some valuable praciccal MySQL experience. In 2014 he initiated Taiwan MySQL User Group, with years of development now it is an active community with 6000 members.