This document discusses YapMap, a visual search platform built on Hadoop and HBase. It summarizes how YapMap interfaces with HBase data, uses HBase as a data processing pipeline with checkpoints, and had to adjust schemas and migrate data as the system evolved. It also covers how YapMap constructs search indexes in shards based on HBase regions and stored indexes on HDFS. The document concludes with some lessons learned around optimizing HBase operations.