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HorizonDB


HorizonDB is a geospatial DBMS written in Rust and built on RocksDB. It consolidates forward and reverse geocoding, search, routing, and compliance APIs into a single system to handle high query volumes with low latency.

Twitter
@radarlabs
Country of Origin
US
Start Year
2025
Project Type
Commercial
Written in
Rust
Embeds / Uses
RocksDB
License
Proprietary

Database Entry

HorizonDB


HorizonDB is a geospatial DBMS written in Rust and built on RocksDB. It consolidates forward and reverse geocoding, search, routing, and compliance APIs into a single system to handle high query volumes with low latency.

History


Developed by Radar Labs to replace Elasticsearch and MongoDB for geocoding and reverse geocoding workloads. Consolidates multiple location services into a single binary.

Data Model


Indexes


Query Interface


Storage Architecture


Storage Organization


Same as RocksDB

System Architecture


Citations

1 source
  1. How we replaced Elasticsearch and MongoDB with Rust and RocksDB radar.com
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