Updated: Sybase is demonstrating the new spatial data capabilities to arrive in the upcoming version of SQL Anywhere at the ESRI Worldwide Business Partner Conference.

This is just the kind of data that can be stored with the new Spatial data types in Microsoft SQL Server 2008. When we think of the new data types “Geometry” and “Geography”, it is easy to ...

The rise of spatial SQL is furthering the acceleration and adoption of cloud-native spatial analysis. “We like to say that everything happens somewhere,” said Javier de la Torre (pictured ...

Companies are already building interesting products on Microsoft SQL Server 2008’s spatial data types, currently in beta. Spatial data types means businesses and products can now handle complex ...

The functionality is also standardized in ISO/IEC 13249 SQL/MM. This paper presents part 3 of the standard and discusses it critically. The spatial data types and methods on these types are explained.

Oracle has announced the availability of Oracle SQL Developer 3.0. The new release focuses on ease of migration, improving development and database administrator (DBA) tasks, and introduces support ...