== Spatial Data Types==
- geography - geodetic vector spatial data
- geometry - planar vector spatial data
These data types are actual CLR classes and require SQLCLR code instead of T-SQL. Properties defined by CLR datatypes, such as ToString(), STArea(), or STIntersects(), are case-sensitive.
To create an item of geography or geometry data, you must use a static method belonging to the appropriate datatype:
SELECT geometry::Parse('POINT(30 40)');