SQL Server 2008 to offer spatial data type support
ENT News | at | by Mike
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.
Expected to ship in the third quarter, the new version of SQL Server will allow storage of spatial data -- in the form of points, lines and polygons -- in SQL tables. The software will also offer a set of functions to allow the manipulation of this data and new spatial indexes to support the execution of these functions.