OGC Methods on Geometry Instances

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

For more information on OGC specifications, see the following:

• 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

• STCurveN (geometry Data Type)

• STCurveToLine (geometry Data Type)

• STDifference

• STDimension

• STDisjoint

• STDistance

• STEndpoint

• STEnvelope

• STEquals

• STExteriorRing

• STGeometryN

• STGeometryType

• STInteriorRingN

• STIntersection

• STIntersects

• STIsClosed

• STIsEmpty

• STIsRing

• STIsSimple

• STIsValid

• STLength

• STNumCurves (geometry Data Type)

• 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