Beginning spatial with SQL server 2008

Beginning spatial with SQL server 2008

by Alastair Aitchison
4/5
(17 votes)

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 introduces new geography and geometry spatial datatypes that enable the storage of structured data describing the shape and position of objects in space.

This is an interesting and exciting new feature, with many potentially usef.

First published
2009
Publishers
Apress
Subjects
Sql server·Database management·Spatial analysis

If you are exploring the Geography or Geometry data types in SQL Server then this is THE book to get. I work for a large oil and gas company and using these types of data has allowed our sub-surface exploration group to do some amazing visualizations!

The book provides a good introduction to spatial data and the specifics of working with it in the context. It extends to providing examples of ONE-WAY web apps with GoogleMaps and VirtualEarth, to offer read-only spatial data to browsers.

If you are travelling into the SQL Server Spatial world, this is a good companion. I have found some very useful code I could use in my application in this book.

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