Comments on: More images from the Spatial Results tab

By: Michael J. Swart

Michael J. Swart — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:36:15 +0000

Thanks Phil… It’s one of my favorite aesthetic things I’ve produced with a computer.

By: Phil Factor

Phil Factor — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:52:53 +0000

I am in awe of this. It is wonderful.

By: SQLAuthority News – TechEd India – April 12-14, 2010 Bangalore – An Unforgettable Experience – An Oppertunity of Lifetime « Journey to SQL Authority with Pinal Dave

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 01:32:19 +0000

[...] kicked off this session with Michael J Swart‘s beautiful spatial image. This session was the last one for the day but, to my surprise, I [...]

By: SQL SERVER – What is Spatial Database? – Developing with SQL Server Spatial and Deep Dive into Spatial Indexing « Journey to SQL Authority with Pinal Dave

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 01:31:25 +0000

[...] of story to tell in the session, and I will be opening this session with the beautiful script of Botticelli’s Birth of Venus created by Michael J. [...]

By: Jorge Segarra

Jorge Segarra — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:14:53 +0000

VERY very cool, thanks for sharing. Absolutely amazing.

By: Michael J. Swart

Michael J. Swart — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:03:43 +0000

Bob Beauchemin explains why the query doesn't display properly when using a 64-bit edition SQL Server. (See first comment above)

By: A Developer's Blog · Drawing In SQL Server 2008

A Developer's Blog · Drawing In SQL Server 2008 — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:18:45 +0000

[...] what I wanted to say, some people are just talented: check out this submission by Michael J. Swart! No further words [...]

By: Colin

Colin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:39:54 +0000

Ah Ok, brilliant! Thanks for sharing Michael

By: Michael J. Swart

Michael J. Swart — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:45:47 +0000

Actually the image in the last comment was cheating a bit. After I realized that shape colors are displayed with a certain amount of transparency. I realized I could get more colors by overlapping polygons. The image in the last comment is composed of only 6 multi-polygons. That took some C#, but again, nothing manual.

By: Michael J. Swart

Michael J. Swart — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:42:13 +0000

Nothing here was manual. The hardest part was to get an svg image with the right colors. For example, take a look at this one. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Flag_of_Canada.svg I mean open it up in a text editor. Once you realize paths are polygons the rest is easy: