Geography functions
Geography functions enable you to work with the geography data type to analyze locations, routes, and other geospatial data. For example, you can use geography functions to transform data into compatible formats for geography maps.
Geography functions aren't compatible with all data platform connections. To check if your connection supports these functions, see Supported data platforms and feature compatibility.
| Area | Calculates the area of a geography, in specified units. |
| Centroid | Calculates the geographic center of a geography. |
| Distance | Calculates the minimum distance between two geographies, in specified units. |
| Geography | Converts GeoJSON or WKT formats to the geography data type. |
| Intersects | Determines if one geography intersects another geography. |
| Json | Converts geography data to GeoJSON. |
| Latitude | Returns the latitude component of a point. |
| Longitude | Returns the longitude component of a point. |
| MakeLine | Constructs a line from a series of points and line segments. |
| MakePoint | Constructs a point from latitude and longitude data. |
| Perimeter | Calculates the perimeter of a geography, in specified units. |
| Text | Converts geography data to WKT format. |
| Within | Determines if one geography is fully within another geography. |
Updated 10 months ago