</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>ST_Union(geometry, geometry)</term>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Returns a geometry that represents the point set union of
- the Geometries.</para>
-
- <para>Performed by the GEOS module.</para>
-
- <para>Do not call with a GeometryCollection as an argument.</para>
-
- <para>NOTE: this function was formerly called GeomUnion(), which
- was renamed from "Union" because UNION is an SQL reserved
- word.</para>
-
- <para>OGC SPEC s2.1.1.3</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>ST_Union(geometry set)</term>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Returns a geometry that represents the point set union of
- all Geometries in given set.</para>
-
- <para>Performed by the GEOS module.</para>
-
- <para>Do not call with a GeometryCollection in the argument
- set.</para>
-
- <para>Not explicitly defined in OGC SPEC.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
+
<varlistentry>
<term>ST_MemUnion(geometry set)</term>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>ST_Collect(geometry set)</term>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>This function returns a GEOMETRYCOLLECTION or a MULTI object
- from a set of geometries. The collect() function is an "aggregate"
- function in the terminology of PostgreSQL. That means that it
- operates on rows of data, in the same way the SUM() and AVG()
- functions do. For example, "SELECT ST_Collect(GEOM) FROM GEOMTABLE
- GROUP BY ATTRCOLUMN" will return a separate GEOMETRYCOLLECTION for
- each distinct value of ATTRCOLUMN.</para>
-
- <para>ST_Collect and ST_Union are often interchangeable.
- ST_Collect is in general orders of magnitude faster than ST_Union
- because it does not try to dissolve boundaries. It merely rolls up
- single geometries into MULTI and MULTI or mixed geometry types
- into Geometry Collections. Unfortunately geometry collections are
- not well-supported by GIS tools. To prevent ST_Collect from
- returning a Geometry Collection when collecting MULTI geometries,
- one can use the below trick that utilizes <xref linkend="ST_Dump" /> to expand the
- MULTIs out to singles and then regroup them.</para>
-
- <programlisting>
-Thread ref: http://postgis.refractions.net/pipermail/postgis-users/2008-June/020331.html
-SELECT stusps,
- ST_Multi(ST_Collect(f.the_geom)) as singlegeom
- FROM (SELECT stusps, (ST_Dump(the_geom)).geom As the_geom
- FROM
- somestatetable ) As f
-GROUP BY stusps
- </programlisting>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>ST_Collect(geometry, geometry)</term>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>This function returns a geometry being a collection of two
- input geometries. Output type can be a MULTI* or a
- GEOMETRYCOLLECTION.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="ST_Dump">
- <term>ST_Dump(geometry)</term>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>This is a set-returning function (SRF). It returns a set of
- geometry_dump rows, formed by a geometry (geom) and an array of
- integers (path). When the input geometry is a simple type
- (POINT,LINESTRING,POLYGON) a single record will be returned with
- an empty path array and the input geometry as geom. When the input
- geometry is a collection or multi it will return a record for each
- of the collection components, and the path will express the
- position of the component inside the collection.</para>
-
- <para>ST_Dump is useful for expanding geometries. It is the
- reverse of a GROUP BY in that it creates new rows. For example it
- can be use to expand MULTIPOLYGONS into POLYGONS.</para>
-
- <programlisting>
-SELECT sometable.field1, sometable.field1,
-(ST_Dump(sometable.the_geom)).geom As the_geom
- FROM sometable
- </programlisting>
-
- <para>Availability: PostGIS 1.0.0RC1. Requires PostgreSQL 7.3 or
- higher.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
<varlistentry>
<term>ST_DumpRings(geometry)</term>
<para>SQL-MM 3: 5.1.28</para>
</listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
-
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>ST_Union</term>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Return an ST_Geometry value that represents the point set
- union of two ST_Geometry values.</para>
-
- <para>SQL-MM 3: 5.1.19</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
-
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>ST_WKBToSQL</term>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<funcsynopsis>
<funcprototype>
- <funcdef>geometery <function>ST_BdPolyFromText</function></funcdef>
+ <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_BdPolyFromText</function></funcdef>
<paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>WKT</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<funcsynopsis>
<funcprototype>
- <funcdef>geometery <function>ST_BdMPolyFromText</function></funcdef>
+ <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_BdMPolyFromText</function></funcdef>
<paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>WKT</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>
this function with standard OGC interface</para>
</refsection>
</refentry>
+ <refentry id="ST_Collect">
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>ST_Collect</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Return a specified ST_Geometry value from a collection of other geometries.</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <funcsynopsis>
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_Collect</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef><type>geometry set</type> <parameter>g1field</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_Collect</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef><type>geometry</type> <parameter>g1</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+ </funcsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>Description</title>
+ <para> Output type can be a MULTI* or a
+ GEOMETRYCOLLECTION. Comes in 2 variants. Variant 1 collects 2 geometries. Variant 2 is an aggregate function that takes a set of geometries and collects
+ them into a single ST_Geometry.</para>
+
+ <para>Aggregate version: This function returns a GEOMETRYCOLLECTION or a MULTI object
+ from a set of geometries. The ST_Collect() function is an "aggregate"
+ function in the terminology of PostgreSQL. That means that it
+ operates on rows of data, in the same way the SUM() and AVG()
+ functions do. For example, "SELECT ST_Collect(GEOM) FROM GEOMTABLE
+ GROUP BY ATTRCOLUMN" will return a separate GEOMETRYCOLLECTION for
+ each distinct value of ATTRCOLUMN.</para>
+
+ <para>Non-Aggregate version: This function returns a geometry being a collection of two
+ input geometries. Output type can be a MULTI* or a
+ GEOMETRYCOLLECTION.</para>
+
+ <note><para>ST_Collect and ST_Union are often interchangeable.
+ ST_Collect is in general orders of magnitude faster than ST_Union
+ because it does not try to dissolve boundaries or validate that a constructed MultiPolgon doesn't
+ have overlapping regions. It merely rolls up
+ single geometries into MULTI and MULTI or mixed geometry types
+ into Geometry Collections. Unfortunately geometry collections are
+ not well-supported by GIS tools. To prevent ST_Collect from
+ returning a Geometry Collection when collecting MULTI geometries,
+ one can use the below trick that utilizes <xref linkend="ST_Dump" /> to expand the
+ MULTIs out to singles and then regroup them.</para></note>
+ </refsection>
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+ <para>Aggregate example</para>
+ <programlisting>
+Thread ref: http://postgis.refractions.net/pipermail/postgis-users/2008-June/020331.html
+SELECT stusps,
+ ST_Multi(ST_Collect(f.the_geom)) as singlegeom
+ FROM (SELECT stusps, (ST_Dump(the_geom)).geom As the_geom
+ FROM
+ somestatetable ) As f
+GROUP BY stusps
+ </programlisting>
+ <para>Non-Aggregate example</para>
+ <programlisting>
+Thread ref: http://postgis.refractions.net/pipermail/postgis-users/2008-June/020331.html
+SELECT ST_AsText(ST_Collect(ST_GeomFromText('POINT(1 2)'),
+ ST_GeomFromText('POINT(-2 3)') ));
+
+st_astext
+----------
+MULTIPOINT(1 2,-2 3)
+
+SELECT ST_AsText(ST_Collect(ST_GeomFromText('POINT(1 2)'),
+ ST_GeomFromText('POINT(1 2)') ) );
+
+st_astext
+----------
+MULTIPOINT(1 2,1 2)
+ </programlisting>
+ </refsection>
+ <refsection>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para><xref linkend="ST_Dump" />, <xref linkend="ST_Union" /></para>
+ </refsection>
+ </refentry>
+
+ <refentry id="ST_Dump">
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>ST_Dump</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Returns a set of
+ geometry_dump rows, formed by a geometry (geom).</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <funcsynopsis>
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>geometry_dump[]<function>ST_Dump</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef><type>geometry </type> <parameter>g1</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+ </funcsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>Description</title>
+ <para>This is a set-returning function (SRF). It returns a set of
+ geometry_dump rows, formed by a geometry (geom) and an array of
+ integers (path). When the input geometry is a simple type
+ (POINT,LINESTRING,POLYGON) a single record will be returned with
+ an empty path array and the input geometry as geom. When the input
+ geometry is a collection or multi it will return a record for each
+ of the collection components, and the path will express the
+ position of the component inside the collection.</para>
+
+ <para>ST_Dump is useful for expanding geometries. It is the
+ reverse of a GROUP BY in that it creates new rows. For example it
+ can be use to expand MULTIPOLYGONS into POLYGONS.</para>
+
+ <para>Availability: PostGIS 1.0.0RC1. Requires PostgreSQL 7.3 or
+ higher.</para>
+ </refsection>
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+ <programlisting>
+SELECT sometable.field1, sometable.field1,
+(ST_Dump(sometable.the_geom)).geom As the_geom
+ FROM sometable
+ </programlisting>
+ </refsection>
+ <refsection>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para><xref linkend="ST_Collect" /></para>
+ </refsection>
+ </refentry>
+
<refentry id="ST_GeomFromEWKB">
<refnamediv>
<refname>ST_GeomFromEWKB</refname>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<funcsynopsis>
<funcprototype>
- <funcdef>geometery <function>ST_GeomFromEWKB</function></funcdef>
+ <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_GeomFromEWKB</function></funcdef>
<paramdef><type>bytea </type> <parameter>EWKB</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<funcsynopsis>
<funcprototype>
- <funcdef>geometery <function>ST_GeomFromEWKT</function></funcdef>
+ <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_GeomFromEWKT</function></funcdef>
<paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>EWKT</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<funcsynopsis>
<funcprototype>
- <funcdef>geometery <function>ST_GeomFromText</function></funcdef>
+ <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_GeomFromText</function></funcdef>
<paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>WKT</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
<funcprototype>
- <funcdef>geometery <function>ST_GeomFromText</function></funcdef>
+ <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_GeomFromText</function></funcdef>
<paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>WKT</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef><type>integer </type> <parameter>srid</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
<title>See Also</title>
<para><xref linkend="ST_Accum" />, <xref linkend="ST_AddPoint" />, <xref linkend="ST_GeometryType" />, <xref linkend="ST_IsClosed" />, <xref linkend="ST_LineMerge" /></para>
</refsection>
+ </refentry>
+ <refentry id="ST_Union">
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>ST_Union</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Returns a geometry that represents the point set union of
+ the Geometries.</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <funcsynopsis>
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_Union</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef><type>geometry set</type> <parameter>g1field</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_Union</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef><type>geometry</type> <parameter>g1</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+ </funcsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>Description</title>
+ <para> Output type can be a MULTI* , single geometry, or Geometry Collection. Comes in 2 variants. Variant 1 unions 2 geometries resulting in a new geomety with no intersecting regions.
+ Variant 2 is an aggregate function that takes a set of geometries and unions
+ them into a single ST_Geometry resulting in no intersecting regions.</para>
+
+ <para>Aggregate version: This function returns a MULTI geometry or NON-MULTI geometry
+ from a set of geometries. The ST_Union() function is an "aggregate"
+ function in the terminology of PostgreSQL. That means that it
+ operates on rows of data, in the same way the SUM() and AVG()
+ functions do.</para>
+
+ <para>Non-Aggregate version: This function returns a geometry being a union of two
+ input geometries. Output type can be a MULTI* ,NON-MULTI or
+ GEOMETRYCOLLECTION.</para>
+
+ <note><para>ST_Collect and ST_Union are often interchangeable.
+ ST_Union is in general orders of magnitude slower than ST_Collect
+ because it does not tries to dissolve boundaries and reorder geometries to ensure that a constructed MultiPolygon doesn't
+ have intersecting regions. .</para></note>
+
+ <para>Performed by the GEOS module.</para>
+ <para>NOTE: this function was formerly called GeomUnion(), which
+ was renamed from "Union" because UNION is an SQL reserved
+ word.</para>
+
+ <para><inlinemediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="images/check.png" />
+ </imageobject>
+ </inlinemediaobject> This method implements the <ulink
+ url="http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/sfs">OpenGIS Simple Features
+ Implementation Specification for SQL: OGC SPEC s2.1.1.3</ulink></para>
+
+ <para><inlinemediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="images/check.png" />
+ </imageobject>
+ </inlinemediaobject> This method implements the SQL/MM specification:
+ SQL-MM 3: 5.1.19</para>
+
+ <note><para>Aggregate version is not explicitly defined in OGC SPEC.</para></note>
+ </refsection>
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+ <para>Aggregate example</para>
+ <programlisting>
+SELECT stusps,
+ ST_Multi(ST_Union(f.the_geom)) as singlegeom
+ FROM sometable As f
+GROUP BY stusps
+ </programlisting>
+ <para>Non-Aggregate example</para>
+ <programlisting>
+SELECT ST_AsText(ST_Union(ST_GeomFromText('POINT(1 2)'),
+ ST_GeomFromText('POINT(-2 3)') ) )
+
+st_astext
+----------
+MULTIPOINT(-2 3,1 2)
+
+
+SELECT ST_AsText(ST_Union(ST_GeomFromText('POINT(1 2)'),
+ ST_GeomFromText('POINT(1 2)') ) );
+st_astext
+----------
+POINT(1 2)
+ </programlisting>
+ </refsection>
+ <refsection>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para><xref linkend="ST_Collect" /></para>
+ </refsection>
</refentry>
</sect1>
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