Geography Methods Supported by Spatial Indexes
Under certain conditions, spatial indexes support the following set-oriented geography methods: STIntersects(),STEquals(), and STDistance(). To be supported by a spatial index, these methods must be used within the WHERE clause of a query, and they must occur within a predicate of the following general form:
geography1.method_name(geography2) comparison_operatorvalid_number
To return a non-null result, geography1 and geography2 must have the same Spatial Reference Identifier (SRID). Otherwise, the method returns NULL.
Spatial indexes support the following predicate forms:
geography1.STIntersects(geography2) = 1
geography1.STEquals(geography2) = 1
geography1.STDistance(geography2) < number
geography1.STDistance(geography2) <= number
Important
In either form of STDistance() predicate, at least one of geography arguments (geography1 or geography2) must specify a geography instance that represents a point. Otherwise, the method returns NULL.
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