Scala or Python?

[JulienPeloton]

All is in the title: should we develop the package in Scala or Python?

Scala:

• Pros
  • Easy to work with Spark (native)
  • Geospark is in Java/Scala
• Cons
  • Hard to develop visualisation tools

Python:

• Pros
  • Easy to develop visualisation tools
  • Large community, plenty of third-party packages
• Cons
  • Harder to develop with Spark (need interfacing, although pyspark is not so bad)

Others??

In the meantime, the dev will be done in Scala.

[ChrisArnault]

My feeling:

• dev. better done in scala
• plus API for python

[JulienPeloton]

But doing the API for Python from the Scala dev is not so straightforward given the objects we define. See for example this discussion: apache/sedona#183

[harryprince]

Hi @JulienPeloton
There is a geospark R package available in here, which can leverage R spatial visualization toolchain too.

[JulienPeloton]

Thanks @harryprince for pointing it out.