Virtual Earth & SQL Server 2008 - Part 5: Conclusion

<h1>Conclusion</h1> <p>We have seen a variety of possible interactions between SQL Server 2008 and Virtual Earth. The main advantages I see in this combination are the abilities to: <ul> <li>spatially analyze and aggregate the data where they are being held, i.e. in the database and <li>extend the existing data in Virtual Earth with your own data</ul> <p>For more information: <ul> <li>SQL Server Web site: <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/sql/default.mspx">http://www.microsoft.com/sql/default.mspx</a> <li>SQL Server TechCenter: <a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/default.aspx">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/default.aspx</a> <li>SQL Server DevCenter: <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/default.aspx">http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/default.aspx</a> <li>SQL Server 2008 CTP: <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/sql/2008/prodinfo/download.mspx">http://www.microsoft.com/sql/2008/prodinfo/download.mspx</a> <li>Safe FME: <a href="http://www.safe.com/products/fme">http://www.safe.com/products/fme</a> <li>Visual Studio 2008: <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio">http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio</a> <li>ASP.NET AJAX: <a href="http://asp.net/ajax/">http://asp.net/ajax/</a> <li>Live Search Maps: <a href="http://maps.live.com">http://maps.live.com</a> <li>Virtual Earth Interactive SDK: <a href="http://dev.live.com/virtualearth/sdk">http://dev.live.com/virtualearth/sdk</a> <li>Virtual Earth MapCruncher: <a href="http://dev.live.com/virtualearth/mapcruncher/">http://dev.live.com/virtualearth/mapcruncher/</a> <li>Virtual Earth Tile System: <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb259689.aspx">http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb259689.aspx</a> <li>Virtual Earth Scale & Res.: <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa940990.aspx">http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa940990.aspx</a> <li>Drawing on Virtual Earth: <a href="http://www.viavirtualearth.com/Wiki/Drawing-Tool+for+VE+v5.ashx">http://www.viavirtualearth.com/Wiki/Drawing-Tool+for+VE+v5.ashx</a> <li>Clustering Virtual Earth: <a href="http://www.viawindowslive.com/Articles/VirtualEarth/ClusteringPinsinVirtualEarth6.aspx">http://www.viawindowslive.com/Articles/VirtualEarth/ClusteringPinsinVirtualEarth6.aspx</a> <li>Sign-Up for a free Virtual Earth Platform Developer Account: <a href="https://mappoint-css.live.com/MwsSignup/Eval.aspx">https://mappoint-css.live.com/MwsSignup/Eval.aspx</a> <li>Geographically Encoded Objects for RSS feeds: <a href="http://www.georss.org">http://www.georss.org</a></ul> <div style="padding-right:0px;display:inline;padding-left:0px;padding-bottom:0px;margin:0px;padding-top:0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Virtual Earth" rel=tag>Virtual Earth</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/SQL Server 2008" rel=tag>SQL Server 2008</a></div><img src="http://c.services.spaces.live.com/CollectionWebService/c.gif?cid=4819404664324524694&page=RSS%3a+Virtual+Earth+%26+SQL+Server+2008+-+Part+5%3a+Conclusion&referrer=" width="1px" height="1px" border="0" alt=""><img style="position:absolute" alt="" width="0px" height="0px" src="http://c.live.com/c.gif?NC=31263&NA=1149&PI=73329&RF=&DI=3919&PS=85545&TP=johanneskebeck.spaces.live.com&GT1=JohannesKebeck">

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