integrate geographical information (geospatial data) in Lucene using spatial queries and n-dimensional indexing. This will prepare you to build a location-aware search engine with a representative data set that allows location constraints to be specified during a search. Yoüll also develop a text classifier using Lucene and Apache Mahout, a popular machine learning framework. After a detailed review of performance bench-marking and common issues associated with it, yoüll learn some of the best practices of tuning the performance of your application. By the end of the book yoüll be able to build your first Lucene patch, where you will not only write your patch, but also test it and ensure it adheres to community coding standards. What Yoüll Learn Master the basics of Apache Lucene Utilize different query types in Apache Lucene Explore scoring and document level boosting Integrate geospatial data into your application Who This Book Is For Developers wanting to learn the finer details of Apache Lucene by developing a series of projects with it.