OGC Methods on Geometry Instances

SQL Server 2008 supports the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) methods on geometry instances. 

For more information on Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) specifications, see the following Open Geospatial Consortium Specifications:

OGC Specifications, Simple Feature Access Part 1 - Common Architecture

OGC Specifications, Simple Feature Access Part 2 – SQL Options

In This Section

• STArea

• STAsBinary

• STAsText

• STBoundary

• STBuffer

• STCentroid

• STContains

• STConvexHull

• STCrosses

• STDifference

• STDimension

• STDisjoint

• STDistance

• STEndpoint

• STEnvelope

• STEquals

• STExteriorRing

• STGeometryN

• STGeometryType

• STInteriorRingN

• STIntersection

• STIntersects

• STIsClosed

• STIsEmpty

• STIsRing

• STIsSimple

• STIsValid

• STLength

• STNumGeometries

• STNumInteriorRing

• STNumPoints

• STOverlaps

• STPointN

• STPointOnSurface

• STRelate

• STSrid

• STStartPoint

• STSymDifference

• STTouches

• STUnion

• STWithin

• STX

• STY

See Also

Other Resources

Extended Methods on Geometry Instances

OGC Static Geometry Methods

Extended Static Geometry Methods