This document describes the basics of working with SQL Geometry using the Map Control.
This subject is broken down into the following sections.
Using the Map control, you can load and show any set of shapes stored in the database in the SQL Geometry format.
The image below demonstrates the data source shape loaded from SQL Geometry, representing the Australian shoreline.

To load vector data from a SQL Geometry data source, do the following.
To learn how to load data from the SQL Geometry field of a data table, see the How to: Load Data from a SQL Geometry Datasource example.