PASS Community Summit 2008: Spotlight Session (Application Development)

Using Spatial Data in SQL and in Clients

Bob Beauchemin

Session Details

SQL Server 2008 will include two new data types, GEOGRAPHY and GEOMETRY, and a spatial library that is compliant with OpenGIS SQL standards. This library not only applies to geographers but permits you to "spatialize" your line of business data. This session will cover common use cases for spatial data functionality, show how to populate, query, and optimize spatial data, and how to integrate SQL Server 2008 data with applications such as Virtual Earth. I cover using spatial data (including GML and GEORSS) in stored procedures, client code, and Virtual Earth/Javascript code.

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