View Spatial Data in Object Explorer

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The Spatial results window in Query Editor provides visual mapping tools for viewing spatial data results in addition to the data displayed in grid format in the Results window. To display spatial data in the Spatial Results window, your query results must contain at least one spatial data column with either geometry or geography data.

To view spatial data in the Spatial results window

  1. In Query Editor, click the Spatial results tab.

    Note

    This window is not available if your query results do not contain spatial data or if you specify that your results are returned as text.

  2. Select the column you want to view from the Select spatial column list. If there is only one spatial column in your table, this column is the default option in the list.

  3. Select the non-spatial column you want to use as data labels from the Select label columns list.

  4. Select the projection you want for geography data from the Select projection list. The default projection is Equirectangular; other projections available are Mercator, Robinson, or Bonne.

    Note

    Select projection is not available if your spatial column contains geometry data.

  5. Adjust the Zoom slider to increase the visual size of mapped elements. For polygon shapes, the label is visible only when the shape is large enough to hold the label text.

See Also

Spatial Results Window
Database Engine Query Editor (SQL Server Management Studio)
Query and Text Editors (SQL Server Management Studio)