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.
HO
- Tech Docs
- https://docs.radar.com[02]
- Developer
- Country of Origin
- US
- Start Year
- 2025
- Project Type
- Commercial
- Written in
- Rust
- Embeds / Uses
- RocksDB
- License
- Proprietary
- @radarlabs[03]
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.
Citations
3 sources- How we replaced Elasticsearch and MongoDB with Rust and RocksDB radar.com
- Documentation - Radar radar.com
- https://twitter.com/radarlabs twitter.com
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