DbSpatialServices.GeographyFromText Method

Definition

Creates a new DbGeography value based on the specified well-known text value.

Overloads

GeographyFromText(String)

Creates a new DbGeography value based on the specified well-known text value.

GeographyFromText(String, Int32)

Creates a new DbGeography value based on the specified well-known text value and coordinate system identifier (SRID).

GeographyFromText(String)

Creates a new DbGeography value based on the specified well-known text value.

public:
 abstract System::Data::Spatial::DbGeography ^ GeographyFromText(System::String ^ wellKnownText);
public abstract System.Data.Spatial.DbGeography GeographyFromText (string wellKnownText);
abstract member GeographyFromText : string -> System.Data.Spatial.DbGeography
Public MustOverride Function GeographyFromText (wellKnownText As String) As DbGeography

Parameters

wellKnownText
String

A string that contains a well-known text representation of the geography value.

Returns

A new DbGeography value as defined by the well-known text value with the default DbGeography coordinate system identifier (SRID) (DefaultCoordinateSystemId).

Exceptions

wellKnownText

Applies to

GeographyFromText(String, Int32)

Creates a new DbGeography value based on the specified well-known text value and coordinate system identifier (SRID).

public:
 abstract System::Data::Spatial::DbGeography ^ GeographyFromText(System::String ^ wellKnownText, int coordinateSystemId);
public abstract System.Data.Spatial.DbGeography GeographyFromText (string wellKnownText, int coordinateSystemId);
abstract member GeographyFromText : string * int -> System.Data.Spatial.DbGeography
Public MustOverride Function GeographyFromText (wellKnownText As String, coordinateSystemId As Integer) As DbGeography

Parameters

wellKnownText
String

A string that contains a well-known text representation of the geography value.

coordinateSystemId
Int32

The identifier of the coordinate system that the new DbGeography value should use.

Returns

A new DbGeography value as defined by the well-known text value with the specified coordinate system identifier (SRID) (DefaultCoordinateSystemId).

Exceptions

wellKnownText

coordinateSystemId

Applies to