Add support for geo-spatial types and queries
Add built in support for geo-spatial types (lat, long) and queries within range of a point, ordered by proximity to a point.
Josh Twist
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Jay
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Can not seem to apply a spatial index to geography data type column in SQL database (is this only a restriction to the free 20MB?)
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Nick Harris, one of the developer evangelists on the Mobile Services team has a geolocation sample Windows Store app available for download here: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsazure/Geolocation-sample-end-to-5d9ee245
Chris Risner, another developer evangelist on the Mobile Services team has two great iOS posts:
-Displaying information on maps: http://chrisrisner.com/31-Days-of-iOS--Day-20%E2%80%93Displaying-Information-on-Maps
-Showing the user's location on maps: http://chrisrisner.com/31-Days-of-iOS--Day-19%E2%80%93Showing-the-User%27s-Location-with-MapsI know these aren't the desired level of support, but I hope these are useful in the interim nonetheless.
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Mike H.
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LBS, here they come.
For LBS to work with highest fidelity, it might be useful to use speed and direction information along with the position. We could then have scripts do a lot of work before SQL.
