Summary
The power of spatial processing is now readily available to all developers using the geometry and geography data types built into SQL Server 2012, enabling the rapid development of sophisticated GIS applications.
In this chapter, you saw how easy it is to express and project coordinates against either the planar (flat-earth) or geodetic (ellipsoidal sphere) spatial models using the Well-Known Text (WKT), Well-Known Binary (WKB), and Geography Markup Language (GML) formats. We walked you through numerous samples and demos, and, along the way, examined the many methods available for manipulating spatial data. You also created several geospatial applications that integrate location intelligence and mapping capabilities for end users.
Although ...
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