MapDotNet UX + Microsoft SQL Server 2008™

Load your Spatial Data into SQL Server 2008 Rapidly

Using MapDotNet UX Studio, you can rapidly load spatial data from shapefiles, ESRI ArcSDE™ or PostGIS into a SQL Server 2008 database.  We distribute Studio freely;  you can download the MapDotNet UX installer from the Developer's Center, install Studio, and use it for free with no limitations.

Screenshot of SQL Server 2008 Management Studio showing results from a query of our 59.9 million record parcel table, loaded using MapDotNet.

Microsoft SQL Server Spatial Partner

ISC is a Microsoft SQL Server Spatial Partner and was one of the few companies to assist Microsoft in the early CTP evaluation of SQL Server 2008. The MapDotNet Platform currently supports SQL Server 2008 in several different ways. Render, query and edit SQL Server 2008 spatial data using either MapDotNet UX or MapDotNet Server v6.5.

“With MapDotNet, customers will have an immediate opportunity to utilize the spatial enhancements in SQL Server 2008 in their data visualization and GIS applications. Customers can visualize, query, and even edit spatial data stored in SQL Server within the Virtual Earth world. It is a powerful new paradigm for GIS.” - Ed Katibah, SQL Server Spatial Program Manager at Microsoft

A Modernized Solution

With the introduction of MapDotNet UX, users now have a way to visualize, analyze and manage spatial data in SQL Server 2008. MapDotNet UX includes Web Services for rendering, querying, and editing data in SQL Server 2008. MapDotNet UX also includes a free WPF-based application called MapDotNet UX Studio that allows users perform basic ETL from shapefiles, ArcSDE and PostGIS directly into SQL Server 2008. The MapDotNet UX SDK allows developers to build Silverlight and WPF mapping applications with SQL Server 2008.

“By taking advantage of the latest SQL Server technology, MapDotNet is a modernized GIS solution for our customers.” - Kim Saunders, Senior Director of SQL Server Marketing at Microsoft