diff --git a/symmetric-client/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/db/mssql/MsSqlTriggerTemplate.java b/symmetric-client/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/db/mssql/MsSqlTriggerTemplate.java
index 2872ff8dc5..155d44f4bb 100644
--- a/symmetric-client/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/db/mssql/MsSqlTriggerTemplate.java
+++ b/symmetric-client/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/db/mssql/MsSqlTriggerTemplate.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public MsSqlTriggerTemplate(ISymmetricDialect symmetricDialect) {
         (castToNVARCHAR ? "n" : "")
         +"varchar($(columnSize)),$(tableAlias).\"$(columnName)\") $(masterCollation),'\\','\\\\'),'\"','\\\"') + '\"' end" ;
         geometryColumnTemplate = "case when $(tableAlias).\"$(columnName)\" is null then '' else '\"' + replace(replace(convert("+(castToNVARCHAR ? "n" : "")+"varchar(max),$(tableAlias).\"$(columnName)\".STAsText()) $(masterCollation),'\\','\\\\'),'\"','\\\"') + '\"' end" ;
+        geographyColumnTemplate = "case when $(tableAlias).\"$(columnName)\" is null then '' else '\"' + replace(replace(convert("+(castToNVARCHAR ? "n" : "")+"varchar(max),$(tableAlias).\"$(columnName)\".STAsText()) $(masterCollation),'\\','\\\\'),'\"','\\\"') + '\"' end" ;
         numberColumnTemplate = "case when $(tableAlias).\"$(columnName)\" is null then '' else ('\"' + convert(varchar(40), $(tableAlias).\"$(columnName)\",2) + '\"') end" ;
         datetimeColumnTemplate = "case when $(tableAlias).\"$(columnName)\" is null then '' else ('\"' + convert(varchar,$(tableAlias).\"$(columnName)\",121) + '\"') end" ;
         clobColumnTemplate = "case when $(origTableAlias).\"$(columnName)\" is null then '' else '\"' + replace(replace(cast($(origTableAlias).\"$(columnName)\" as "+(castToNVARCHAR ? "n" : "")+"varchar(max)),'\\','\\\\'),'\"','\\\"') + '\"' end" ;
diff --git a/symmetric-client/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/db/mssql2000/MsSql2000TriggerTemplate.java b/symmetric-client/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/db/mssql2000/MsSql2000TriggerTemplate.java
index cce5173a25..a17b54df45 100644
--- a/symmetric-client/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/db/mssql2000/MsSql2000TriggerTemplate.java
+++ b/symmetric-client/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/db/mssql2000/MsSql2000TriggerTemplate.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ public MsSql2000TriggerTemplate(ISymmetricDialect symmetricDialect) {
         emptyColumnTemplate = "''" ;
         stringColumnTemplate = "case when $(tableAlias).\"$(columnName)\" is null then '' else '\"' + replace(replace(convert(varchar(8000),$(tableAlias).\"$(columnName)\") $(masterCollation),'\\','\\\\'),'\"','\\\"') + '\"' end" ;
         geometryColumnTemplate = "case when $(tableAlias).\"$(columnName)\" is null then '' else '\"' + replace(replace(convert(varchar(8000),$(tableAlias).\"$(columnName)\".STAsText()) $(masterCollation),'\\','\\\\'),'\"','\\\"') + '\"' end" ;
+        geographyColumnTemplate = "case when $(tableAlias).\"$(columnName)\" is null then '' else '\"' + replace(replace(convert(varchar(8000),$(tableAlias).\"$(columnName)\".STAsText()) $(masterCollation),'\\','\\\\'),'\"','\\\"') + '\"' end" ;
         numberColumnTemplate = "case when $(tableAlias).\"$(columnName)\" is null then '' else ('\"' + convert(varchar(40), $(tableAlias).\"$(columnName)\",2) + '\"') end" ;
         datetimeColumnTemplate = "case when $(tableAlias).\"$(columnName)\" is null then '' else ('\"' + convert(varchar,$(tableAlias).\"$(columnName)\",121) + '\"') end" ;
         clobColumnTemplate = "case when $(origTableAlias).\"$(columnName)\" is null then '' else '\"' + replace(replace(cast($(origTableAlias).\"$(columnName)\" as varchar(8000)),'\\','\\\\'),'\"','\\\"') + '\"' end" ;
diff --git a/symmetric-client/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/db/postgresql/PostgreSqlTriggerTemplate.java b/symmetric-client/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/db/postgresql/PostgreSqlTriggerTemplate.java
index eb2d5e88e6..2a1a11dc0d 100644
--- a/symmetric-client/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/db/postgresql/PostgreSqlTriggerTemplate.java
+++ b/symmetric-client/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/db/postgresql/PostgreSqlTriggerTemplate.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ public PostgreSqlTriggerTemplate(ISymmetricDialect symmetricDialect) {
         super(symmetricDialect);
         //@formatter:off        
         geometryColumnTemplate = "case when $(tableAlias).\"$(columnName)\" is null then '' else '\"' || replace(replace(cast(ST_AsEWKT($(tableAlias).\"$(columnName)\") as varchar),$$\\$$,$$\\\\$$),'\"',$$\\\"$$) || '\"' end" ;
+        geographyColumnTemplate = "case when $(tableAlias).\"$(columnName)\" is null then '' else '\"' || replace(replace(cast(ST_AsEWKT($(tableAlias).\"$(columnName)\") as varchar),$$\\$$,$$\\\\$$),'\"',$$\\\"$$) || '\"' end" ;
         emptyColumnTemplate = "''" ;
         stringColumnTemplate = "case when $(tableAlias).\"$(columnName)\" is null then '' else '\"' || replace(replace(cast($(tableAlias).\"$(columnName)\" as varchar),$$\\$$,$$\\\\$$),'\"',$$\\\"$$) || '\"' end" ;
         xmlColumnTemplate = "case when $(tableAlias).\"$(columnName)\" is null then '' else '\"' || replace(replace(cast($(tableAlias).\"$(columnName)\" as varchar),$$\\$$,$$\\\\$$),'\"',$$\\\"$$) || '\"' end" ;
diff --git a/symmetric-core/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/db/AbstractTriggerTemplate.java b/symmetric-core/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/db/AbstractTriggerTemplate.java
index c3362fd4ef..126e19be64 100644
--- a/symmetric-core/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/db/AbstractTriggerTemplate.java
+++ b/symmetric-core/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/db/AbstractTriggerTemplate.java
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ abstract public class AbstractTriggerTemplate {
     protected String dateTimeWithLocalTimeZoneColumnTemplate;
 
     protected String geometryColumnTemplate;
+    
+    protected String geographyColumnTemplate;
 
     protected String clobColumnTemplate;
 
@@ -716,7 +718,13 @@ protected ColumnString fillOutColumnTemplate(String origTableAlias, String table
                 && (column.getJdbcTypeName().toUpperCase().contains(TypeMap.GEOMETRY))
                 && StringUtils.isNotBlank(geometryColumnTemplate)) {
             templateToUse = geometryColumnTemplate;
-        } else {
+        } 
+        else if (column.getJdbcTypeName() != null
+                && (column.getJdbcTypeName().toUpperCase().contains(TypeMap.GEOGRAPHY))
+                && StringUtils.isNotBlank(geographyColumnTemplate)) {
+            templateToUse = geographyColumnTemplate;
+        } 
+        else {
             switch (column.getMappedTypeCode()) {
                 case Types.TINYINT:
                 case Types.SMALLINT:
diff --git a/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/model/TypeMap.java b/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/model/TypeMap.java
index 9bb03324ec..69dc87b6d3 100644
--- a/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/model/TypeMap.java
+++ b/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/model/TypeMap.java
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ public abstract class TypeMap
 
     public static final String SQLXML = "SQLXML";
     public static final String GEOMETRY  = "GEOMETRY";
+    public static final String GEOGRAPHY  = "GEOGRAPHY";
     public static final String POINT  = "POINT";
     public static final String LINESTRING  = "LINESTRING";
     public static final String POLYGON  = "POLYGON";
diff --git a/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/AbstractDatabasePlatform.java b/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/AbstractDatabasePlatform.java
index c015caa3c8..48bbdb75cb 100644
--- a/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/AbstractDatabasePlatform.java
+++ b/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/AbstractDatabasePlatform.java
@@ -398,6 +398,8 @@ protected Object getObjectValue(String value, Column column, BinaryEncoding enco
                 objectValue = value.equals("1") ? Boolean.TRUE : Boolean.FALSE;
             } else if (!(column.getJdbcTypeName() != null && column.getJdbcTypeName().toUpperCase()
                     .contains(TypeMap.GEOMETRY))
+                    && !(column.getJdbcTypeName() != null && column.getJdbcTypeName().toUpperCase()
+                            .contains(TypeMap.GEOGRAPHY))
                     && (type == Types.BLOB || type == Types.LONGVARBINARY || type == Types.BINARY
                             || type == Types.VARBINARY ||
                     // SQLServer ntext type
diff --git a/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/mysql/MySqlDmlStatement.java b/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/mysql/MySqlDmlStatement.java
index ea4b4a539b..99bf9a1d45 100644
--- a/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/mysql/MySqlDmlStatement.java
+++ b/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/mysql/MySqlDmlStatement.java
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ public MySqlDmlStatement(DmlType type, String catalogName, String schemaName, St
 
     @Override
     protected void appendColumnQuestion(StringBuilder sql, Column column) {
-        if (column.getJdbcTypeName() != null && column.getJdbcTypeName().toUpperCase().contains(TypeMap.GEOMETRY)) {
+        if (column.getJdbcTypeName() != null && 
+                (column.getJdbcTypeName().toUpperCase().contains(TypeMap.GEOMETRY)
+                || column.getJdbcTypeName().toUpperCase().contains(TypeMap.GEOGRAPHY))) {
             sql.append("geomfromtext(?)").append(",");
         } else {
             super.appendColumnQuestion(sql, column);
@@ -45,7 +47,8 @@ protected void appendColumnQuestion(StringBuilder sql, Column column) {
     
     @Override
     protected void appendColumnEquals(StringBuilder sql, Column column) {
-        if (column.getJdbcTypeName().toUpperCase().contains(TypeMap.GEOMETRY)) {
+        if (column.getJdbcTypeName().toUpperCase().contains(TypeMap.GEOMETRY)
+            || column.getJdbcTypeName().toUpperCase().contains(TypeMap.GEOGRAPHY)) {
             sql.append(quote).append(column.getName()).append(quote).append(" = ")
                     .append("geomfromtext(?)");
         } else {
diff --git a/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/oracle/OracleDmlStatement.java b/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/oracle/OracleDmlStatement.java
index 9e5b6f657f..20959412b4 100644
--- a/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/oracle/OracleDmlStatement.java
+++ b/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/oracle/OracleDmlStatement.java
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ protected void appendColumnQuestion(StringBuilder sql, Column column) {
         if (column.isTimestampWithTimezone()) {
             sql.append("TO_TIMESTAMP_TZ(?, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS.FF TZH:TZM')")
                     .append(",");
-        } else if (name != null && name.toUpperCase().contains(TypeMap.GEOMETRY)) {
+        } else if (name != null && (
+                name.toUpperCase().contains(TypeMap.GEOMETRY) || 
+                name.toUpperCase().contains(TypeMap.GEOGRAPHY))) {
             sql.append("SYM_WKT2GEOM(?)").append(",");
         } else {
             super.appendColumnQuestion(sql, column);
@@ -54,7 +56,8 @@ protected void appendColumnEquals(StringBuilder sql, Column column) {
         if (column.isTimestampWithTimezone()) {
             sql.append(quote).append(column.getName()).append(quote)
                     .append(" = TO_TIMESTAMP_TZ(?, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS.FF TZH:TZM')");
-        } else if (column.getJdbcTypeName().toUpperCase().contains(TypeMap.GEOMETRY)) {
+        } else if (column.getJdbcTypeName().toUpperCase().contains(TypeMap.GEOMETRY) ||
+                column.getJdbcTypeName().toUpperCase().contains(TypeMap.GEOGRAPHY)) {
             sql.append(quote).append(column.getName()).append(quote).append(" = ")
                     .append("SYM_WKT2GEOM(?)");
         } else {
diff --git a/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/postgresql/PostgreSqlDmlStatement.java b/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/postgresql/PostgreSqlDmlStatement.java
index 6f681d79dd..a76eb64821 100644
--- a/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/postgresql/PostgreSqlDmlStatement.java
+++ b/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/postgresql/PostgreSqlDmlStatement.java
@@ -121,7 +121,9 @@ protected void appendColumnQuestion(StringBuilder sql, Column column) {
             sql.append("cast(? as bit varying)").append(",");
         } else if (column.getJdbcTypeName() != null && column.getJdbcTypeName().toUpperCase().contains(TypeMap.INTERVAL)) {
             sql.append("cast(? as interval)").append(",");
-        } else if (column.getJdbcTypeName() != null && column.getJdbcTypeName().toUpperCase().contains(TypeMap.GEOMETRY)) {
+        } else if (column.getJdbcTypeName() != null && (
+                column.getJdbcTypeName().toUpperCase().contains(TypeMap.GEOMETRY) ||
+                column.getJdbcTypeName().toUpperCase().contains(TypeMap.GEOGRAPHY))) {
             sql.append("ST_GEOMFROMTEXT(?)").append(",");
         } else {
             super.appendColumnQuestion(sql, column);
@@ -142,7 +144,8 @@ protected void appendColumnEquals(StringBuilder sql, Column column) {
         } else if (column.getJdbcTypeName().toUpperCase().contains(TypeMap.INTERVAL)) {
             sql.append(quote).append(column.getName()).append(quote)
                   .append(" = cast(? as interval)");
-        } else if (column.getJdbcTypeName().toUpperCase().contains(TypeMap.GEOMETRY)) {
+        } else if (column.getJdbcTypeName().toUpperCase().contains(TypeMap.GEOMETRY) ||
+                column.getJdbcTypeName().toUpperCase().contains(TypeMap.GEOGRAPHY)) {
             sql.append(quote).append(column.getName()).append(quote)
             .append(" = ST_GEOMFROMTEXT(?)");
         } else {