[SEDONA-77] Refactor format readers and spatial partitioning

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.2.0
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jia Yu
• Created: 07/Jan/22 06:42
• Updated: 17/Apr/22 06:08
• Resolved: 17/Apr/22 06:08

Description

The format readers and spatial partitioners in Sedona core are useful tools.

We should refactor these functions to stand-alone functions and remove unnecessary Spark dependencies in them.

Then these tools can be re-used by third-parties and possibly help Sedona integrate with Flink.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #570