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Kentucky GIS Conference 2026
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Cloud-Native GIS with GeoParquet
Thursday October 1, 2026 9:25am - 9:55am EDT
The Bluegrass Ballroom - A
GeoParquet is an emerging, cloud-native geospatial format built on Apache Parquet that enables scalable, high-performance access to spatial data. This presentation introduces what GeoParquet is and why its columnar design supports efficient workflows through column pruning, partial reads, and spatially partitioned data access. Using transportation datasets as examples, the talk demonstrates how GeoParquet was tested and consumed using Python, integrated into APIs and analytical scripts, and shared directly from cloud storage. The session highlights GeoParquet support in Esri and QGIS and provides guidance on where the format is most effective, where it is a poor fit, and how it can be incorporated alongside existing GIS workflows.
Moderators
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Andrew McKinney

Data Officer - Senior IT Manager, Louisville Metro Government - Metro Technology Services
Andrew McKinney is the Data Officer and Senior IT Manager for Metro Technology Services at Louisville Metro Government. HE manages the city’s efforts on Data Governance and their Open Data Portal. He also leads the Enterprise Data Engineering and Analytics team which focuses on data, analytics, and GIS... Read More →
Speakers
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Jeremy Gould

Spatial Data Engineer, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
Jeremy Gould is a contractor with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, where he has played a key role in various CAD, GIS, and IT initiatives. Over the past 10 years, Jeremy has been instrumental in implementing KYTC's Real-Time/Big Data Intelligent Transportation Systems, utilizing platforms... Read More →
Thursday October 1, 2026 9:25am - 9:55am EDT
The Bluegrass Ballroom - A 1375 South Broadway, Lexington, KY, USA
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