Point (geography Data Type)

**APPLIES TO:** SQL Server (starting with 2008) Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Data Warehouse Parallel Data Warehouse

Constructs a geography instance representing a Point instance from its latitude and longitude values and a spatial reference ID (SRID).

Syntax

  
Point ( Lat, Long, SRID )  

Arguments

Lat
Is a float expression representing the x-coordinate of the Point being generated.

Long
Is a float expression representing the y-coordinate of the Point being generated. For more information on valid latitude and longitude values, see Point.

SRID
Is an int expression representing the SRID of the geography instance you wish to return.

Return Types

SQL Server return type: geography

CLR return type: SqlGeography

[!NOTE]
Arguments for the Point (geography Data Type) method have coordinates reversed compared to WKT.

Examples

The following example uses Point() to create a geography instance.

DECLARE @g geography;   
SET @g = geography::Point(47.65100, -122.34900, 4326)  
SELECT @g.ToString();  

See Also

Extended Static Geography Methods