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Going Spatial

No, this chapter will not train you to become a cosmonaut. Sorry.

However, as you have seen so far, using a graph database is not rocket science. You cannot say it is well beyond your understanding. Enough with the puns and let's deal with this spatial aspect. First, we have to agree that Earth's shape is close to a sphere; this world is not a disc wandering through space on the back of a tortoise. So say we all? So let's start our trek toward a new frontier for our skills.

We will cover the following topics in this chapter:

Revise the geo concepts
See the geo features of Neo4j and of APOC
Neo4j spatial

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