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Taming Floating-Point Statistics in Apache Parquet: IEEE 754 Total Order and NaN Counts
Friday, May 29, 2026 in features
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Column statistics are the secret to Apache Parquet’s blazing fast performance. By storing compact summaries—like min, max, and null counts—for row groups, column chunks, and pages, readers can easily skip irrelevant data that doesn’t …
1.17.1
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 in parquet-java
The latest version of parquet-java is 1.17.1. For the changes, please check out the Release on Github. To check the validity of this release, use its: Release manager OpenPGP key OpenPGP signature SHA-512 The latest version of parquet-java on the …
Variant Type in Apache Parquet for Semi-Structured Data
Friday, February 27, 2026 in features
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The Apache Parquet community is excited to announce the addition of the Variant type—a feature that brings native support for semi-structured data to Parquet, significantly improving efficiency compared to less efficient formats such as JSON. This …
Native Geospatial Types in Apache Parquet
Friday, February 13, 2026 in features
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Geospatial data has become a core input for modern analytics across logistics, climate science, urban planning, mobility, and location intelligence. Yet for a long time, spatial data lived outside the mainstream analytics ecosystem. In primarily …
1.17.0
Tuesday, January 13, 2026 in parquet-java
The latest version of parquet-java is 1.17.0. For the changes, please check out the Release on Github. To check the validity of this release, use its: Release manager OpenPGP key OpenPGP signature SHA-512 The latest version of parquet-java on the …
1.16.0
Wednesday, September 03, 2025 in parquet-java
The latest version of parquet-java is 1.16.0. For the changes, please check out the Release on Github. To check the validity of this release, use its: Release manager OpenPGP key OpenPGP signature SHA-512 The latest version of parquet-java on the …
2.12.0
Thursday, August 28, 2025 in parquet-format
Github Release Link. The latest version of parquet-format is 2.12.0. To check the validity of this release, use its: Release manager OpenPGP key OpenPGP signature SHA-512 Older releases can be found in the Archives of the Apache Software Foundation: …
1.15.2
Thursday, May 01, 2025 in parquet-java
The latest version of parquet-java is 1.15.2. For the changes, please check out the Release on Github. To check the validity of this release, use its: Release manager OpenPGP key OpenPGP signature SHA-512 The latest version of parquet-java on the …
2.11.0
Sunday, March 23, 2025 in parquet-format
Github Release Link. The latest version of parquet-format is 2.11.0. To check the validity of this release, use its: Release manager OpenPGP key OpenPGP signature SHA-512 Older releases can be found in the Archives of the Apache Software Foundation: …
1.15.1
Sunday, March 16, 2025 in parquet-java
The latest version of parquet-java is 1.15.1. For the changes, please check out the Release on Github. To check the validity of this release, use its: Release manager OpenPGP key OpenPGP signature SHA-512 The latest version of parquet-java on the …