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couchbase/geocouch

This system is a geospatial extension for CouchDB and Couchbase that enables spatial indexing and querying capabilities. It provides a new R*-tree based spatial index (vtree) and HTTP handlers to support geospatial search, including bounding box queries and geometry data handling. The codebase includes utilities for converting between OGC Well Known Binary and GeoJSON formats, alongside comprehensive test suites validating the spatial view and index operations.

47.4

Weak · 6 August 2026

5.5k

lines of production code

Erlang

primary language

1

bus factor · 16 authors in all

4

measurements over time

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How it got here

2011 · Build system migration and legacy code removal

This period focused on modernizing the project's build infrastructure by migrating to CMake and Rebar, enabling support for both Couchbase and Apache CouchDB. Concurrently, the team performed a significant cleanup by removing deprecated spatial index handlers, vtree visualization tools, and associated test suites to streamline the codebase.

4 changes

2014–2015 · Geospatial indexing implementation

This period focused on the initial implementation of geospatial search capabilities for both CouchDB and Couchbase. The work introduced the vtree data structure and WKB conversion library to support spatial indexing, alongside comprehensive test suites to validate the new spatial view functionality.

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  • The description of this project is derived from its own commit history, not from its README.
  • The score is its highest published measurement, taken on 6 August 2026 at a pinned commit. It is not a live figure and does not change until the project is measured again.
  • Measured at commit 68f3b9d366 — the exact code this score is about.
  • Scored under rubric rubric-2026.08.19. Score the same commit under that rubric and you get the same number.
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