Point (geography Data Type)

Applies to: SQL Server Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance

Constructs a geography instance representing a Point instance from its latitude and longitude values and a spatial reference ID (SRID).

Syntax

  
Point ( Lat, Long, SRID )  

Note

To view Transact-SQL syntax for SQL Server 2014 (12.x) and earlier versions, see Previous versions documentation.

Arguments

Lat
Is a float expression representing the y-coordinate of the Point being generated.

Long
Is a float expression representing the x-coordinate of the Point being generated. For more information on valid latitude and longitude values, see Point.

SRID
Is an int expression representing the Spatial Reference Identifier of the geography instance you wish to return.

Note

Arguments for the Point (geography Data Type) method have coordinates reversed compared to WKT.

Return Types

SQL Server return type: geography

CLR return type: SqlGeography

Examples

The following example uses Point() to create a geography instance.

DECLARE @g geography;   
SET @g = geography::Point(47.65100, -122.34900, 4326)  
SELECT @g.ToString();  

See Also

Extended Static Geography Methods