Exploring new datatypes in Neo4j 3.4 and the Open Beer Database - part 2/2

In the previous blogpost I imported the Open Beer Database into Neo4j and added some new fancy spatial data to it. Now in this post I would like to explore that data. As a reminder, you can find the full

• load script over here, and 
• some query examples over here.

Let's take a look.

First we will just look at the basic OpenBeerDB data. The schema is quite straightforward:

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Exploring new datatypes in Neo4j 3.4 and the Open Beer Database - part 1/2

Recently, I gave a talk at the Amsterdam, Brussels and London Neo4j meetups about some of the new and exciting features in Neo4j 3.4. While preparing for it, I was looking for material and I found some very cool stuff that powerfully explains the new features. The best resource is probably this post by Ryan Boyd, and the video that goes with it:

Ryan does a great job at explaining the new features, and goes into some detail on the new temporal and spatial data types that you can now use in Neo4j 3.4. You can explore these new features yourself by accessing the Neo4j Sandbox developed specifically for this purpose. Or you can just do what I did, and use the Neo4j Desktop to spin up a Neo4j instance, and access the "guide". You do that by typing

:play https://guides.neo4j.com/sandbox/3.4/index.html

into the Neo4j browser, and then you can access the entire guide, add some data to your dataset, and play around.

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