
Missed Opportunities with Information Silos
Beyond business applications, there are more exciting use cases for spatial analysis in the sports environment. SAP has developed a series of applications that provide deep analysis of player performance. For example, in golf, by adding a sensor to the ball and pin, we can create a graphical history to illustrate the improvements in accuracy of the shot. These types of applications are already in use by major sports organizations around the world.
There are many applications that could be dramatically enhanced with the integration of spatial data.
SAP Spatial provides new data types for storing geometrical data such as points, lines, and polygons. These can be used to represent precise locations, roads, and regions. SAP HANA Cloud Spatial uses open standards and so can easily be integrated with well-known, leading geospatial providers such as ESRI, OGC, OpenStreepMap, GoogleMap.
As well as storing spatial data, SAP HANA Cloud also provides spatial query functions that can easily be included in SQL Script. Here are some examples of the functions:
Within — which customers are in my region?
Distance — what is the longest distance a high-value customer has to travel to reach my sales outlet?
Crosses — where does truck route A cross truck route B?