OGC Methods on Geography Instances

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

For more information on OGC specifications, see the following resources:

OGC Specifications, Simple Feature Access Part 1 - Common Architecture

OGC Specifications, Simple Feature Access Part 2 – SQL Options

In This Section

• STArea

• STAsBinary

• STAsText

• STBuffer

• STCurveN (geography Data Type)

• STCurveToLine (geography Data Type)

• STDifference

• STDimension

• STDisjoint

• STDistance

• STEndpoint

• STEquals

• STGeometryN

• STGeometryType

• STIntersection

• STIntersects

• STIsClosed

• STIsEmpty

• STIsValida

• STLength

• STNumCurves (geography Data Type)

• STNumGeometries

• STNumPoints

• STPointN

• STSrid

• STStartPoint

• STSymDifference

• STUnion

See Also

Other Resources

Extended Methods on Geography Instances

OGC Static Geography Methods

Extended Static Geography Methods