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Beginning Spatial with SQL Server 2008 (Expert's Voice in SQL Server)
Alastair Aitchison
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Description for Beginning Spatial with SQL Server 2008 (Expert's Voice in SQL Server)
Paperback. This book is one of the first to show how to apply the new features in SQL Server 2008 for working with location-based, or spatial, data. It covers the topic from concept to implementation to troubleshooting problems, and it contains many visual examples. Num Pages: 486 pages, biography. BIC Classification: UNSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 192 x 26. Weight in Grams: 798.
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 introduces new geography and geometry spatial datatypes that enable the storage of structured data describing the shape and position of objects in space. This is an interesting and exciting new feature, with many potentially useful applications.
Beginning Spatial with SQL Server 2008 covers everything you need to know to begin using these new spatial datatypes, and explains how to apply them in practical situations involving the spatial relationships of people, places, and things on the earth.
- All of the spatial concepts introduced are explained from the ground up, so you need not have any previous knowledge ... Read more
- Every section is illustrated with code examples that you can use directly in SQL Server.
- All of the topics covered in this book apply to all versions of SQL Server 2008, including the freely available SQL Server 2008 Express.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Apress
Condition
New
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9781430218296
SKU
V9781430218296
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Ref
99-15
About Alastair Aitchison
Alastair Aitchison has more than eight years of experience as a management information consultant, specializing in the design and deployment of online reporting systems. For the last three years, he has been employed as a reporting and analysis manager at Aviva, the world's fifth largest insurance group. In this role, he has championed the use of spatial data in corporate ... Read more
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