Geography Class

Represents a base class of geography shapes.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Spatial.Geography
    System.Spatial.GeographyCollection
    System.Spatial.GeographyCurve
    System.Spatial.GeographyPoint
    System.Spatial.GeographySurface

Namespace:  System.Spatial
Assembly:  System.Spatial (in System.Spatial.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public MustInherit Class Geography _
    Implements ISpatial
'Usage
Dim instance As Geography

public abstract class Geography : ISpatial

public ref class Geography abstract : ISpatial

[<AbstractClassAttribute>]
type Geography =  
    class 
        interface ISpatial 
    end

public abstract class Geography implements ISpatial

The Geography type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	Geography	Initializes a new instance of the Geography class.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	CoordinateSystem	Gets the coordinate system of the geography.
	IsEmpty	Gets a value that indicates whether the geography is empty.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals	(Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	(Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	(Inherited from Object.)
	SendTo	Sends the current spatial object to the given pipeline.
	ToString	(Inherited from Object.)

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Extension Methods

	Name	Description
	Distance	Determines the distance of the geography. (Defined by GeographyOperationsExtensions.)
	SendTo	Allows the delegation of the call to the proper type (geography or Geometry). (Defined by SpatialTypeExtensions.)

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Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

System.Spatial Namespace