Spatial Ed's blog
Information and news on spatial data support in Windows Azure SQL Database, SQL Server and environs...
Setting Up A Delayed Sending Rule For Email In Microsoft Outlook
Date: 12/17/2012
Updated Spatial Features in the SQL Azure Q4 2011 Service Release
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
New Spatial Features in SQL Server Code-Named “Denali” Community Technology Preview 3
We have just released a new white paper, New Spatial Features in SQL Server Code-Named...
Date: 08/08/2011
Spatial Support Coming to the SQL Server Entity Framework
Some of you may not have heard that spatial support is coming in the next version of the SQL Server...
Date: 06/23/2011
Spatial Aggregates in SQL Server Denali
SQL Server Code-named “Denali” is currently available as a Community Technology Preview...
Date: 04/27/2011
Spatial Support for Persisted Computed Columns In Denali CTP1
A few weeks ago, in the whitepaper, New Spatial Features in SQL Server Code-Named “Denali” Community...
Date: 01/25/2011
Database Compatibility Levels: Getting Existing Spatial Databases Ready For Denali
With the availability of the new SQL Server code-named “Denali” CTP1 release, some of you will be...
Date: 01/17/2011
New Functions Added To The SQL Server Spatial Tools CodePlex Project
Two new functions have been added to the SQL Server Spatial Tools CodePlex Project:...
Date: 12/30/2010
FME Webinar: Practical Techniques for Loading Data into SQL Server
One of the most often asked questions about SQL Server Spatial is “How do I load data into the...
Date: 12/09/2010
A Short Discussion On The ShortestLineTo() Method
In a recent post to the SQL Server Spatial Forum, the subject of finding the closest point from one...
Date: 11/19/2010
New Spatial Features in SQL Server Code-Named “Denali” CTP1
We have just released a white paper, New Spatial Features in SQL Server Code-Named “Denali”...
Date: 11/09/2010
Spatial Data Support Coming To SQL Azure
Last Wednesday (March 17th), Dave Robinson of the SQL Azure Team announced upcoming support for...
Date: 03/21/2010
Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2008: T-SQL Programming – Source Code and Spatial Data for Chapter 14
In the previous post, the content for Chapter 14, Spatial Data, was presented. This post will...
Date: 12/22/2009
Inside Microsoft SQL Sever 2008: T-SQL Programming, Chapter 14, Spatial Data
In a shameless bit of self-promotion, I’d like to call attention to the new book, Inside Microsoft...
Date: 12/17/2009
My Overheating IBM ThinkPad T60p Laptop
My faithful old IBM T60p laptop has been with me for years. Over time, and every so slowly, it...
Date: 11/13/2009
A Spatially-Enabled Dinner In Austin, Texas: Some Observations Outside the Office
Not having posted for a while, I thought I'd take a few minutes and provide some thoughts on spatial...
Date: 10/07/2009
Working with Invalid Data and the SQL Server 2008 Geography Data Type, Part 2
In a long past post, Working with Invalid Data and the SQL Server 2008 Geography Data Type, Part 1b...
Date: 06/06/2009
Update to the SQL Server Spatial Tools project on CodePlex
As Isaac noted in his most recent post, the SQL Server Spatial Tools project on CodePlex has been...
Date: 06/05/2009
"Cartographic Adjustment" of Spatial Data for SQL Server Reporting Services, Part 5
The Report Builder, a component of Reporting Services, described in this post will be available as a...
Date: 05/18/2009
"Cartographic Adjustment" of Spatial Data for SQL Server Reporting Services, Part 4
In the previous posts I indicated that this would be the last post in this series but it turned out...
Date: 05/18/2009
"Cartographic Adjustment" of Spatial Data for SQL Server Reporting Services, Part 3
In the previous posts we have covered items 1,2 and 3 of the workflow. In this post we address...
Date: 05/16/2009
"Cartographic Adjustment" of Spatial Data for SQL Server Reporting Services, Part 1
I was recently presented with the problem of taking a US States dataset, in geographic coordinates,...
Date: 05/10/2009
"Cartographic Adjustment" of Spatial Data for SQL Server Reporting Services, Part 2
In the previous post we covered items 1 and 2 of the workflow. In this post, we will cover...
Date: 05/10/2009
Address Geocoding With SQL Server 2008 Spatial
In his new book, Beginning Spatial with SQL Server 2008, Alastair Aitchison describes how to create...
Date: 03/10/2009
Loading GeoNames Data Into SQL Server 2008 (the PowerShell, bcp way...)
In the first installment on this topic, I used a commercial text editor, EditPad Pro, to perform the...
Date: 01/20/2009
Where is Ed?
After a rather lengthy hiatus, I'm back to blogging once again. I was awakened from my reverie...
Date: 12/29/2008
GeoWeb 2008 Conference Dinner Cruise Photos (and SQL Server 2008 Spatial ;-)
On the Wednesday night GeoWeb 2008 dinner cruise around Vancouver harbor, several folks who had...
Date: 07/25/2008
GETTING YOUR PROGRAMS READY FOR THE UPCOMING GEOGRAPHY COORDINATE ORDER SWAP
For those of you who have programs which work with November CTP (CTP-5) and February CTP (CTP-6) and...
Date: 03/24/2008
TRAVELING WITH SQL SERVER 2008 SPATIAL
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
CHANGING THE BLOG NAME...
By popular request (well, at least the request of Abe on Spatially Adjusted...), I've changed the...
Date: 03/05/2008
SQL SERVER SPATIAL BUGS...
As part of the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 February CTP Bug Bash Contest, we are looking for spatial...
Date: 03/05/2008
Introduction
Welcome to my first blog effort. Many of you in the spatial world may already know me. For everyone...
Date: 02/28/2008
NEW SPATIAL FEATURES IN The SQL SERVER 2008 FEBRUARY CTP
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