lat-geography-data-type.md

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Lat (geography Data Type)	Lat (geography Data Type)	MladjoA	mlandzic	03/14/2017	sql	t-sql	reference	Lat Lat_TSQL	Lat method	TSQL

Lat (geography Data Type)

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The latitude property of the geography instance.

Syntax

.Lat  

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Return Types

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CLR type: SqlDouble

Remarks

In the OpenGIS model, Lat is defined only on geography instances composed of a single point. This property will return NULL if geography instances contain more than a single point. This property is precise and read-only.

Examples

This example creates a point and returns the latitude of the point.

DECLARE @g geography;  
SET @g = geography::STGeomFromText('POINT(-122.34900 47.65100)', 4326);  
SELECT @g.Lat;  

See Also

Extended Methods on Geography Instances