[dundee] Storing and Using Geo Spacial Data

Tim Spencer samurai.mit at gmail.com
Mon Feb 18 13:52:55 GMT 2008


I am interested i the talk about RFID, can u give further detail

On 18/02/2008, Barry Carr <barry at benericht.co.uk> wrote:
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> Gary Short wrote:
> > Though there will *not* be a prize for the first person who notices that
> > I can't spell Spatial LOL
> Dammit!
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> > Gary Short wrote:
> >> Hi Guys,
> >>
> >> Our .Net User Group is having a talk this week on holding geo spacial
> >> data in the database and how to query that data. Although this is an
> >> MS focused talk (Sql Server 2008) I thought some of you guys might be
> >> interested in coming along as, although its only SQL Server that
> >> supports spacial data out of the box, it wont be long before other
> >> RDBMSs follow suit and with the focus on geo coding and spacial data
> >> within web 2.0, this is a very important subject at the moment.
> >>
> >> Not only that, but with talk of putting RFID chips in everything from
> >> suitcases to wheelie bins these days, its systems like this that will
> >> be used to make use of the data generated.
> >>
> >> Anyway, if you fancy it, its Wednesday night (February 20) in the
> >> Queen Mother Building, Dundee University, 7pm for a 7:30 kick off. The
> >> talk will last around an hour with questions and answers afterwards
> >> and then to a local pub for a well earned pint. :-)
> >>
> >> Hope to see some of you there.
> >>
> >
> >
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