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Spatial Data

Delivering location intelligence within your applications

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 delivers comprehensive spatial support that enables organizations to seamlessly consume, use, and extend location-based data through spatial-enabled applications,  ultimately helping end users make better decisions.
  • Comprehensive spatial support

    Build spatial capabilities into your applications by using the support for spatial data in SQL Server 2008.

  • High-performance spatial data capabilities

    Achieve high-performance spatial capabilities with SQL Server 2008.

  • Geospatial application extensibility

    Extend spatial support by integrating spatial data in SQL Server 2008 with location-enabled applications and services.

Top New Features

  • Use the new GEOGRAPHY data type to store geodetic spatial data and
    perform operations on it.

  • Use the new GEOMETRY data type to store planar spatial data and perform
    operations on it.

  • Take advantage of new spatial indexes for high-performance queries.

  • Use the new spatial results tabto quickly and easily see spatial query results directly from within SQL Server Management Studiothrough support for spatial standards and specifications.

  • Extend spatial data capabilities by building or integrating location-enabled applications through support for spatial standards and specifications.

Highlighted Capability

Map Viewer in Management Studio

Location-Aware Data

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