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

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

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