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Downloading and Installing GeoRaptor 20
Installing GeoRaptor GeoRaptor is available as a full installable download from this site. Otherwise it can also be compiled from the public source which is
7 April, 2021
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Oracle Spatial Vector Acceleration: Flick the Switch
Introduction A lot has been written, positive and negative, about the speed of Oracle Spatial over the years, a lot of ill informed (I mean
18 January, 2021
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Linear Referencing System (LRS) Functions for TSQL
Introduction I have written a complete package of Linear Referencing functions in TSQL. They have been available for over two years. They have not been
6 December, 2020
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CheckRadii: Identifying Tight Radius Curves sections within LineString geometry data
Sometimes it is a data quality requirement for linear data (roads, pipelines, transmission lines) that curves within the lines must have a radius greater than
30 November, 2020
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Overlaying Polygons in SQL Server Spatial
Introduction The OGC operators for geometry processing only support two polygon inputs. Additionally the Microsoft aggregate operators only include geometry union processing geometry::UnionAggregate and not
25 November, 2020
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Space Filling Curve Functions For TSQL
Introduction Warning: This article is long mainly because it includes the source code of the Hilbert, Morton and Peano key/curves. I would assert that space
22 November, 2020
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Bing Maps Tile System Functions for TSQL
This blog presents functions for Bing Maps Tile System for TSQL. This support includes converting Latitude/Longitude pairs to Bing Maps QuadKeys. The source for the
19 November, 2020
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Experience With GIS Desktop Software
GIS Desktop Software is the bedrock of how most people experience Geographic Information Systems. A limited selection of such products are: ArcGIS Manifold MapInfo qGIS
19 November, 2020
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Geocoding Points Against a Grid of Cells/Tiles With/out Spatial Operators
This article shows how to geocode points objects against grid cells without using spatial operators. The article also shows how to use space curve values such as generated by a Morton key algorithm as grid cell ids and thus geocodes.
19 November, 2020
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Using a GeometryCollection as an Array for TSQL (Stored Procedure) Development.
The lack of an array datatype in TSQL can be overcome for geometry processing by use of a GeometryCollection as a data type and a set of methods to manipulate it.
6 November, 2020
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