Extended Static Geometry Methods

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

SQL Server supports several extensions to the static geometry methods of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC).

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

OGC Specifications, Geography Markup Language

In This Section

• GeomFromGML

• Null

• Parse

• Point

See Also

Static Aggregate Geometry Methods
Extended Methods on Geometry Instances
OGC Methods on Geometry Instances
OGC Static Geometry Methods