Tuesday, August 16, 2011

belle’s sql musings

 

1. Get your spatial data ready. If you’re just starting to work with spatial data and don’t have a handy .shp file, you can visit some of these sites which provide publicly available shapefiles:
http://www.vdstech.com/map_data.htm
http://wwwn.cdc.gov/epiinfo/script/shapefiles.aspx
http://www.mapcruzin.com/download-free-arcgis-shapefiles.htm
http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/bdy_files.html

2. Download the SQL Server Spatial Tools from ArcGIS, which include the Shape2SQL tool.

belle’s sql musings

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