Wednesday, April 28, 2010

When GEO meets SQL: Hotwiring Data to Locations

I gave this presenation last Saturday at SQLSaturday41, in Atlanta. This was conducted by the local SQL Server user group and PASS, the international association of SQL Server professionals.

The talk was ambitious: Show the geospatial characteristics (distance, drive time) for members of an ice cream gourmet society related to three ice cream facilities. Substitute patients for members and clinics for facilities as you please. Key methods, properties, and queries were shown, as well as several tricks and traps.  All of this was done in the context of enhancing an existing data mart/warehouse with geo-aware data. More details, including the slide deck and samples, can be found here .

Michael

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