04/14/2008 Microsoft's soon-to-be-released SQL Server 2008 offers new support for spatial data types that some analysts say should deliver a real boost to geospatial applications and data sharing.

How is AWhere using SQL Server 2008’s spatial data features? First, imagine taking your relevant business specific data, such as sales revenues, customer locations, store locations, crop yields ...

Several major database systems provide extensions to support the management and analysis of spatial data in a relational database system (IBM02, Ora01 and IBM01).

Spatial tracking data in the form of GPS and satellite systems have been around for decades. But, today, businesses are starting to harness the power of geodata to inform sales opportunities.

Since 1996, ESRI customers who wanted to use SQL Server as a data repository had to use an ESRI Web service add-on to manage the data. The biggest advantages to having native SQL support for spatial ...

Since 1996, ESRI customers who wanted to use SQL Server as a data repository had to use an ESRI Web service add-on to manage the data. The biggest advantages to having native SQL support for spatial ...