extended-methods-on-geometry-instances.md

title	Extended Methods on Geometry Instances | Microsoft Docs
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Extended Methods on Geometry Instances

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[!INCLUDEssNoVersion] supports a number of extended methods on Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) 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

• OGC Specifications, Geography Markup Language

In This Section

• AsBinaryZM (geometry DataType)

• AsGml (geometry Data Type)

• AsTextZM (geometry Data Type)

• BufferWithCurves (geometry Data Type)

• BufferWithTolerance (geometry Data Type)

• CurveToLineWithTolerance (geometry Data Type)

• InstanceOf (geometry Data Type)

• Filter (geometry Data Type)

• HasM (geometry DataType)

• HasZ (geometry DataType)

• IsNull (geometry Data Type)

• IsValidDetailed (geometry DataType)

• M (geometry Data Type)

• MakeValid (geometry Data Type)

• MinDbCompatibilityLevel (geometry Data Type)

• Reduce (geometry Data Type)

• ShortestLineTo (geography Data Type)

• ToString (geometry Data Type)

• Z (geometry Data Type)

See Also

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