On Feb 20, 2010, at 8:53 AM, Asif Rahman wrote: > One piece of functionality that I need is the ability to index a spatial > shape. I've begun implementing this for solr 1.4 using just the spatial > capabilities in lucene with a custom update processor and query parser. At > this point I'm only supporting rectangles and the shapes are being indexed > as sets of spatial tiles. In solr 1.5, I believe the correct implementation > would be as a field type with the new subfielding capabilities. Do you have > any thoughts about the approach I'm taking?
Yeah, I think in 1.5 you would use the subfield approach. How do you plan on using the shape in search? > > Asif > > On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Grant Ingersoll <gsing...@apache.org>wrote: > >> >> On Feb 19, 2010, at 4:54 PM, Asif Rahman wrote: >> >>> What is the prevailing opinion on using solr 1.5 in a production >>> environment? I know that many people were using 1.4 in production for a >>> while before it became an official release. >>> >>> Specifically I'm interested in using some of the new spatial features. >> >> These aren't fully baked yet (still need some spatial filtering >> capabilities which I'm getting close to done with, or close enough to submit >> a patch anyway), but feedback would be welcome. The main risk, I suppose, >> is that any new APIs could change. Other than that, the usually advice >> applies: Test it out in your environment and see if it meets your needs. >> On the spatial stuff, we'd definitely appreciate feedback on performance, >> functionality, APIs, etc. >> >> -Grant > > > > > -- > Asif Rahman > Lead Engineer - NewsCred > a...@newscred.com > http://platform.newscred.com -------------------------- Grant Ingersoll http://www.lucidimagination.com/ Search the Lucene ecosystem using Solr/Lucene: http://www.lucidimagination.com/search
