title: NoSQL and spatial data
body: <p>Has any of you had any experience with using NoSQL (non-relational) databases to store spatial data? Are there any potential benefits (speed, space, ...) of using such databases to hold data for, say, a desktop application (compared to using SpatiaLite or PostGIS)?</p>
  
  <p>I've seen <a href="http://gissolved.blogspot.com/2009/06/spatial-indexing-mongodb-with-rtree.html" rel="noreferrer">posts about using MongoDB for spatial data</a>, but I'm interested in some performance comparison.</p>