MapPoint Add-in for SQL Server (Updated with Example)

Published 31 July 09 08:14 PM | sqlartist

 

Nice :) If you have MSDN you can download MapPoint Europe or US or get the trial from the link below - will be trying this out tonight

View and edit your SQL data on a map. It’s quick, low cost, and doesn’t require special training. To get started you need the free Add-in, MapPoint 20091, and access to data in a SQL Server 2008 database

http://www.microsoft.com/mappoint/en-us/sqladdin.aspx

 

 

 UPDATED:

 

Right first I downloaded the 1.8GB European MapPoint and then remembered all my spatial SQL 2008 databases are US only :( so another 1.7GB later I have it all installed and tried out the add-in.

I used a US Airports table in SQL Server - approx 6000 records with a GEOGRAPHY column and added a layer onto the map of the US. Here is the result.

 

 US_Airports using MapPoint addin for SQL 2008

 

Still exploring the info further as there are many features. It would have been nice for the add-in to come with an example or a walkthrough on using the SQL 2008 sample spatial database but maybe thats for next time. This took less than 5 minutes from start to finish.

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