Geocoding and Geodata capabilities of SQL Server

Can anyone point me to where I can read about the Geocoding capabilities
available with SQL Server?
I am also looking for information about how Geodata is stored in SQL Server.
Is it only possible to use Geodata with third-party GIS systems?There are no built-in GIS capabilities, and SQL Server lacks some of the
features that would make them easier to implement (e.g. R-Tree indexes).
MapInfo does have a SQL Server-based product that looks very interesting,
but I haven't tried it yet.
"Doug Wittich" <Doug Wittich@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Can anyone point me to where I can read about the Geocoding capabilities
> available with SQL Server?
> I am also looking for information about how Geodata is stored in SQL
Server.
> Is it only possible to use Geodata with third-party GIS systems?|||I have some clients which have used the ESRI Mapping products with SQL in a
real time ( ambulances) environment... they are OKwith it..
Wayne Snyder, MCDBA, SQL Server MVP
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"Doug Wittich" <Doug Wittich@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0E391A36-4598-4923-A83E-54E360ECDB7E@.microsoft.com...
> Can anyone point me to where I can read about the Geocoding capabilities
> available with SQL Server?
> I am also looking for information about how Geodata is stored in SQL
Server.
> Is it only possible to use Geodata with third-party GIS systems?sql