Spatial Ed's blog
Information and news on spatial data support in Windows Azure SQL Database, SQL Server and environs...
Date: 12/17/2012
The Q2 2011 Service Release of SQL Azure introduced the updated spatial data platform from SQL...
Date: 12/13/2011
Potential Side-Effects of Improved Spatial Precision in SQL Server 2012 and the SQL Azure September 2011 Service Release
In Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (previously known as SQL Server Code-Name “Denali”), all...
Date: 11/15/2011
We have just released a new white paper, New Spatial Features in SQL Server Code-Named...
Date: 08/08/2011
Some of you may not have heard that spatial support is coming in the next version of the SQL Server...
Date: 06/23/2011
SQL Server Code-named “Denali” is currently available as a Community Technology Preview...
Date: 04/27/2011
A few weeks ago, in the whitepaper, New Spatial Features in SQL Server Code-Named “Denali” Community...
Date: 01/25/2011
With the availability of the new SQL Server code-named “Denali” CTP1 release, some of you will be...
Date: 01/17/2011
Two new functions have been added to the SQL Server Spatial Tools CodePlex Project:...
Date: 12/30/2010
One of the most often asked questions about SQL Server Spatial is “How do I load data into the...
Date: 12/09/2010
In a recent post to the SQL Server Spatial Forum, the subject of finding the closest point from one...
Date: 11/19/2010
We have just released a white paper, New Spatial Features in SQL Server Code-Named “Denali”...
Date: 11/09/2010
Last Wednesday (March 17th), Dave Robinson of the SQL Azure Team announced upcoming support for...
Date: 03/21/2010
In the previous post, the content for Chapter 14, Spatial Data, was presented. This post will...
Date: 12/22/2009
In a shameless bit of self-promotion, I’d like to call attention to the new book, Inside Microsoft...
Date: 12/17/2009
My faithful old IBM T60p laptop has been with me for years. Over time, and every so slowly, it...
Date: 11/13/2009
Not having posted for a while, I thought I'd take a few minutes and provide some thoughts on spatial...
Date: 10/07/2009
In a long past post, Working with Invalid Data and the SQL Server 2008 Geography Data Type, Part 1b...
Date: 06/06/2009
As Isaac noted in his most recent post, the SQL Server Spatial Tools project on CodePlex has been...
Date: 06/05/2009
The Report Builder, a component of Reporting Services, described in this post will be available as a...
Date: 05/18/2009
In the previous posts I indicated that this would be the last post in this series but it turned out...
Date: 05/18/2009
In the previous posts we have covered items 1,2 and 3 of the workflow. In this post we address...
Date: 05/16/2009
I was recently presented with the problem of taking a US States dataset, in geographic coordinates,...
Date: 05/10/2009
In the previous post we covered items 1 and 2 of the workflow. In this post, we will cover...
Date: 05/10/2009
In his new book, Beginning Spatial with SQL Server 2008, Alastair Aitchison describes how to create...
Date: 03/10/2009
In the first installment on this topic, I used a commercial text editor, EditPad Pro, to perform the...
Date: 01/20/2009
After a rather lengthy hiatus, I'm back to blogging once again. I was awakened from my reverie...
Date: 12/29/2008
On the Wednesday night GeoWeb 2008 dinner cruise around Vancouver harbor, several folks who had...
Date: 07/25/2008
For those of you who have programs which work with November CTP (CTP-5) and February CTP (CTP-6) and...
Date: 03/24/2008
I travel quite a bit and have the need to carry a bit of equipment with me. This includes a laptop...
Date: 03/21/2008
By popular request (well, at least the request of Abe on Spatially Adjusted...), I've changed the...
Date: 03/05/2008
As part of the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 February CTP Bug Bash Contest, we are looking for spatial...
Date: 03/05/2008
Welcome to my first blog effort. Many of you in the spatial world may already know me. For everyone...
Date: 02/28/2008
Now that the February CTP (CTP-6) for SQL Server 2008 is available, it's time to let folks know what...
Date: 02/28/2008