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13. Agenda Overview Defining Spatial Data The two spatial models Spatial standards Demos geography geometry Area, distance, length calculations Intersection and union manipulations Many more spatial methods Bing Maps mash-up

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15. SQL Server Spaces Out Integrate location awareness into any application – Long been the domain of sophisticated GIS applications GIS – A system for capturing, storing, analyzing, and managing data and associated attributes which are spatially referenced to the earth Allow a user to interact with information that is relevant to locations that they care about: – Home, work, school, or vacation destinations Two geospatial models – Planar – Geodetic

16. Spatial Data Types Two spatial models = Two system CLR types geometry – Planar (flat) model – Flat 2-dimensional Cartesian Coordinate system – X and Y coordinates with uniform units of measure – Use for mapping small areas geography – Geodetic (round-earth) model – Latitude and longitude – Use for larger mapping where land mass is too big to fit on one planar projection

17. Planar Spatial Model Two-Dimensional Surface – X and Y coordinates on an arbitrary plane Flat Earth Projection – To work with geospatial data on a 2D surface, a projection is created to flatten the geographical objects on the spheroid – Example: Planar Model based on Mercator Projection Antarctica Greenland North America Africa Square KM: - Antarctica = 13 million - Greenland = 2 million - N. America = 24 million - Africa = 30 million

18. Geodetic Spatial Model Accurate geographic measurements – Locations on planet surface described by latitude and longitude angles Ellipsoidal sphere – Latitude = angle N/S of the equator – Longitude = angle E/W of the Prime Meridian

19. Spatial Data Standards Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) – International standards body Microsoft belongs to the OGC – SQL Server 2008 uses the OGC’s Simple Feature Access standards OpenGIS Simple Feature Interface Standards (SFS) – A well-defined way for applications to store and access spatial data in relational databases – Described using vector elements; such as points, lines and polygons Three ways to import geospatial data – Well-Known Text (WKT) – Well-Known Binary (WKB) – Geographic Markup Language (GML)

20. Well-Known Text (WKT) WKT examples: POINT(6 10) POINT(-111.06687 45.01188) LINESTRING(3 4,10 50,20 25) POLYGON((1 1,5 1,5 5,1 5,1 1),(2 2, 3 2, 3 3, 2 3,2 2)) POLYGON(( -75.17031 39.95601, -75.16786 39.95778, -75.17921 39.96874, -75.18441 39.96512, -75.17031 39.95601)) MULTIPOINT(3.5 5.6,4.8 10.5) MULTILINESTRING((3 4,10 50,20 25),(-5 -8,-10 -8,-15 -4)) GEOMETRYCOLLECTION(POINT(4 6),LINESTRING(4 6,7 10)) CIRCULARSTRING(1 5, 6 2, 7 3)

21. Geospatial Methods STArea STBuffer STCentroid STDifference STDimension STDistance STEnvelope STGeomFromText STIntersection STIntersects STPointFromText, STLineFromText, STPolyFromText STPointFromWKB, STLineFromWKB, STPolyFromWKB STSymDifference STUnion GeomFromGml Parse ToString and more (about 70 total)

22. Spatial Data Types

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25. Spatial Improvements In SQL Server 2012 Circular Arcs CircularString CompoundCurve CurvePolygon All existing methods work on circular objects New spatial methods BufferWithCurves STNumCurves, STCurveN STCurveToLine CurveToLineWithTolerance IsValidDetailed HasZ, HasM, AsBinaryZM ShortestLineTo UnionAggregate, EnvelopeAggregate, CollectionAggregate, ConvexHullAggregate MinDbCompatibilityLevel

26. Spatial Improvements In SQL Server 2012 Improved Precision Constructions and relations use 48 bits of precision (previously 27 bits) geography Enhancements Support for objects larger than a logical hemisphere (“FullGlobe”) Support for new and previous “geometry-only” methods New SRID Spatial reference ID 104001 (sphere of radius 1) Performance Improvements Better tuning and hints Auto Grid indexing with 8 levels (previously 4 levels) Other Improvements New histogram stored procedures Support for persisted computed columns

27. Spatial Improvements in SQL Server 2012

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