SQL Server 2008 Spaces Out
By adding rich spatial support to SQL Server 2008, Microsoft keeps pace with other major vendors that have already been providing this feature for quite some time and now enables SQL Server developers to enjoy spatial capabilities at the database level. The database itself is now capable of understanding spatial data as a native data type and can efficiently store and process instances of these types for you. It is no longer necessary to perform spatial calculations at the application level, either through custom written code (which is far from trivial) or by using a third-party library (which is far from inexpensive).
The algorithms used in geospatial operations are very complex (to say the least), and a comprehensive ...
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