Isaac @ MSDN
Another Cool Tool
Hi Folks, Oops! I missed another neat tool in my last post. Simon Sabin has created a utility called...
Author: Isaac Kunen Date: 01/21/2008
Some Cool Tools for SQL Server Spatial
Hi Folks, I'm finally getting back in the rhythm of things after the hollidays. While I work on my...
Author: Isaac Kunen Date: 01/18/2008
Mistakes Pay?
Hi Folks, I guess I wasn't paying enough attention while I was on my end-of-year vacation, since I...
Author: Isaac Kunen Date: 01/03/2008
Latitude-Longitude Ordering
Hi Folks, If you've been following the spatial forum over at MSDN, you've probably run across this...
Author: Isaac Kunen Date: 12/26/2007
SQL Server Spatial on the Web
Hi Folks, Now that our initial spatial support has shipped, there has undestandably been an uptick...
Author: Isaac Kunen Date: 12/08/2007
Spatial Indexing Part 3: Faster Primary Filtering
Hi Folks, Last time we talked about a simple primary filter. (See previous installments: 1, 2.) We...
Author: Isaac Kunen Date: 12/01/2007
Spatial Indexing Part 2: A Simple Spatial Indexing Scheme
Hi Folks, Let's continue with the discussion of spatial indexing form last time. If you already know...
Author: Isaac Kunen Date: 11/27/2007
Spatial Indexing Part 1: Why a Spatial Index?
Hi Folks, If you've seen one of my recent spatial talks, you've seen me walk through the basics of...
Author: Isaac Kunen Date: 11/24/2007
Get yer spatial!
I'm happy to say that our latest community technology preview (CTP), officially dubbed the "November...
Author: Isaac Kunen Date: 11/15/2007
After the Webcast
I had a few technical problems with the webcast that pushed our start time back about five minutes,...
Author: Isaac Kunen Date: 11/01/2007
Webcast: Introduction to Spatial in SQL Server
Hi Folks, Tomorrow morning ---1 November at 9:00AM PST PDT*---I'll be giving a webcast on MSDN...
Author: Isaac Kunen Date: 10/31/2007
In or Out?
I've been stalling, trying not to say too much about spatial until it's actually available. The code...
Author: Isaac Kunen Date: 10/29/2007
Measurement Type
I got an interesting Connect item recently asking for a measurement type. (Yes, we do read these!)...
Author: Isaac Kunen Date: 10/15/2007
Where's the Beef?
One of the most common things people want to know about spatial support in SQL Server is when they...
Author: Isaac Kunen Date: 10/01/2007
Making Change
Raymond Chen has a post today about making change, which reminded me of an interesting problem....
Author: Isaac Kunen Date: 08/13/2007
Directions Interviews Ed Katibah
For those of you who aren't conent with the slow trickle here, Ed Katibah, our lead spatial PM,...
Author: Isaac Kunen Date: 06/05/2007
SQL Server Spatial Support: An Introduction
I’ve been pretty quiet around here, and at least part of the reason is that we’ve been pretty...
Author: Isaac Kunen Date: 05/16/2007
Medians Revisited
A couple posts---and a long time---ago, I wrote about computing medians in T-SQL. Adam Mechanic has...
Author: Isaac Kunen Date: 12/19/2006
Simple Spatial Search
Hi folks, I gave a talk about storing simple spatial data at SQL Server Connections last week. The...
Author: Isaac Kunen Date: 11/20/2006
At long last, a post: Medians in T-SQL
Well, shoot. Start a blog and then never post to it---not the best use of bits. I can't promise that...
Author: Isaac Kunen Date: 03/29/2006
Introduction
Hello World, and welcome to my blog. For those who don't know me---which is probably most of you---I...
Author: Isaac Kunen Date: 11/21/2005