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The previous chapter introduced an index for a specific data type, XML. That is not the only data type within SQL Server that has a specialized index that caters to the unique needs of the data type. Spatial data, introduced in SQL Server 2008, also comes with specific indexing needs because of the nature of the data stored within.
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Strate, J., Fritchey, G. (2015). Spatial Indexing. In: Expert Performance Indexing in SQL Server. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-1118-2_5
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