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Managing Spatial Information with SQL Server

You already know how to use SQL Server to manage your core business data, now learn how to leverage this knowledge to manage your "spatial" data.

DATE: September 25, 2001
TIME: 2:00pm ET, 6:00pm GMT
DURATION: 40 minutes, including questions & answers at the end

With SpatialWare for SQLServer, you now have the ability to manipulate spatial objects and store them inside of SQL Server allowing you to share information across the enterprise.

2001-09-24

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