BigQuery tables for Apache Iceberg bring the convenience of BigQuery storage optimization to Apache Iceberg tables that reside in your own cloud buckets

## Feature [BigQuery tables for Apache Iceberg](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/iceberg-tables) bring the convenience of BigQuery storage optimization to Apache Iceberg tables that reside in your own cloud buckets. BigQuery tables for Apache Iceberg let you use BigQuery without moving data out of buckets that you control. This feature is now in [preview](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages). ## Feature You can now export and load [Parquet files](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/loading-data-cloud-storage-parquet#geospatial%5Fdata) that include [GeoParquet](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/geospatial-data#loading%5Fgeoparquet%5Ffiles) metadata. This feature is [generally available](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages) (GA).