OGC Methods on Geography Instances

**APPLIES TO:** SQL Server (starting with 2012) Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Data Warehouse Parallel Data Warehouse

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

Extended Methods on Geography Instances
OGC Static Geography Methods
Extended Static Geography Methods