extended-static-geography-methods.md

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Extended Static Geography Methods

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[!INCLUDEssNoVersion] supports several extensions to the static geography methods of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC).

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

OGC Specifications, Geography Markup Language

In This Section

• GeomFromGML

• Null

• Parse

• Point

See Also

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