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The Data Marketplace. A missing piece in modern data architecture

What is a Data Marketplace? Data Marketplaces are a relatively recent phenomenon in data management. They bring together providers and buyers of data. Organisations were able to buy data from…
Uli Bethke December 16, 2020
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Location analytics and geospatial data on Snowflake

What is Geospatial / GIS data? Geospatial data and location analytics Geospatial Data can be defined as data with a geographic component, e.g. Address, ZipCode, latitude / longitude etc. These…
Uli Bethke December 9, 2020
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Video: Converting FpML XML to Snowflake

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Maciek October 23, 2020
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UK Census Data

Each table provides information about a single census topic like sex, dwellings, hours worked etc. Data present in the table is at the census ward level. Electoral Wards are key…
Uli Bethke October 13, 2020
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Snowflake Data Marketplace: UK Administrative Boundaries  

Overview We have published administrative boundary data for the UK on the Snowflake data marketplace.In this blog post we document what you need to know about the data including the…
Uli Bethke September 15, 2020
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Querying hierarchical data in Snowflake

Overview Having the right tools for the job makes the life of a data engineer a lot easier. It is also more fun to work with a platform that has…
Uli Bethke July 4, 2020