Visualizing the new Denali curve spatial types
I'd been fretting over the lack of a true visualizer for the new circularstring and compoundcurve spatial types in SQL Server Denali. I'd installed SSMS from SQL Server 2008 R2, and although it works...
View ArticleInteresting SQL Azure change with next SR
In looking at the what's new for SQL Azure (May 2011) page, I came across the following: "Upcoming Increased Precision of Spatial Types: For the next major service release, some intrinsic functions...
View ArticleSQL Azure “version 11″ arrives on my server
I've been trying this out every day or so since I'd heard about the update (originally named the July 2011 Service Release), but I'd forgotten about it for about a week. So I don't exactly know when...
View ArticleA quick set of SQLCLR spatial decomposition functions
Saw a request on the SQL Server spatial forum this morning for routines that would decompose a geography type to a set of Lat/Longs. A while ago, I was experiemnting with spatial decomposition, and...
View ArticleSpatial index compression in SQL Server Denali
Since SQL Server Denali adds support for index compression of spatial indexes, using the same options as data and index compression in SQL Server 2008 and above. As opposed to what I expected at first...
View ArticleNew Wiki posting: SQL Server 2012 spatial features available in SQL Azure now!
A short while ago, I wrote a blog entry about SQL Server 2012 features that are currently available in SQL Azure. In that post, I mentioned that Ed Katibah would publish an article detailing the...
View ArticleDoes everybody get that? (Spatial Index Reprise)
This post is an example of the "bring your own problem" approach in the classroom, inspired by upcoming SQLskills Immersion Events in August. See previous posting for the reason behind the blog post...
View ArticleLoading ShapeFiles into SQL Server 2008 and 2012
Since I find myself "in a spatial mood", I thought I'd write one more today. About importing data from shapefiles. According to Wikipedia "The Esri shapefile or simply a shapefile is a popular...
View ArticleLoading spatial data and cleansing-converting with SQL Server 2012
Someone asked, on Twitter, if it were possible to get a set of spatial data that included cities, counties (administrative regions) and countries in database table format for SQL Server spatial. I'd...
View ArticleAzure SQL Database V12 Preview – Spatial Fully Functional
Yesterday’s blog post about Azure SQL Database V12 mentioned that one of the features I was particularly interested in seeing/testing were the spatial features. Interestingly, this was not even...
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