Tag: Spatial
Different ways to add point data in SQL Server 2008
The spatial data can be added to a table by specifying the column type of geometry or geography. The exact detail of what is in the column can be varied as a...
Spatial References in SQL Server 2008
In SQL Server 2008, each piece of spatial data must be tagged with an SRID (Spatial Reference Identifier). Geometry types can have a SRID of 0 (which means...
Spatial Operations in SQL Server 2008 (Katmai) - Union and Convex Hull
CODE EXAMPLES IN THIS POST WORK WITH THE NOVEMBER 2007 CTP (CTP 5) OF SQL SERVER 2008. Say you would like to create a polygon out of a group of points. One way...
Inserting geometry through a .NET Application
THIS POST REFERS TO THE NOVEMBER 2007 CTP (CTP 5) OF SQL SERVER 2008 Following from my previous posts ( Getting started with Spatial Data in SQL Server 2008 ,...
Parsing OS Grid References
If you have ever been to an agile coding session you may have come across the concept of the coding kata . It is an exercise designed to improve coding skill...
Spatial Data in a .NET application
THIS POST REFERS TO THE NOVEMBER 2007 CTP (CTP 5) OF SQL SERVER 2008 Following from my last post about Getting Started with Spatial Data in SQL Server 2008 in...
Getting started with Spatial Data in SQL Server 2008
THIS POST REFERS TO THE NOVEMBER 2007 CTP (CTP 5) OF SQL SERVER 2008 This post is probably going to be a wee bit random. After the running around over the last...
