http://blogs.msdn.com/b/edkatibah/archive/2011/08/08/new-spatial-features-in-sql-server-code-named-denali-community-technology-preview-3.aspxWe have just released a new white paper, New Spatial Features in SQL Server Code-Named “Denali” .&#160; This white paper covers the spatial improvements added to both CTP1 and CTP3 and becomes the definitive spatial guide to this release of SQL Serveren-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/edkatibah/archive/2011/08/08/new-spatial-features-in-sql-server-code-named-denali-community-technology-preview-3.aspx#10194696Thu, 11 Aug 2011 03:13:34 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10194696Jason Horner<p>This is great work Ed. Thanks for keeping this document updated throughout the CTP process. I can&#39;t wait to use these features when Denali goes RTM.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10194696" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/edkatibah/archive/2011/08/08/new-spatial-features-in-sql-server-code-named-denali-community-technology-preview-3.aspx#10194031Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:28:59 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10194031Russell at ISC<p>This looks good- glad you&#39;ve added the Point optimizations to STIntersects, a client of ours noticed that a hand-rolled implementation of the even/odd rule seemed to be a good bit faster than the old STIntersects for testing a Point against a Polygon- but one thing I am really hoping you guys will do is to add RTree as a spatial index option.</p> <p>Thanks!</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10194031" width="1" height="1">