</refsection>
</refentry>
+ <refentry id="ST_LineFromMultiPoint">
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>ST_LineFromMultiPoint</refname>
+
+ <refpurpose>Creates a LineString from a MultiPoint geometry.</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <funcsynopsis>
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_LineFromMultiPoint</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef><type>geometry </type> <parameter>aMultiPoint</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+ </funcsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para>Creates a LineString from a MultiPoint geometry.</para>
+
+ <!-- Optionally mention 3d support -->
+ <para><inlinemediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="images/check.png" />
+ </imageobject>
+ </inlinemediaobject> This function supports 3d and will not drop the z-index.</para>
+
+ </refsection>
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+
+ <programlisting>
+--Create a 3d line string from a 3d multipoint
+SELECT ST_AsEWKT(ST_LineFromMultiPoint(ST_GeomFromEWKT('MULTIPOINT(1 2 3, 4 5 6, 7 8 9)')));
+--result--
+LINESTRING(1 2 3,4 5 6,7 8 9)
+ </programlisting>
+ </refsection>
+
+ <!-- Optionally add a "See Also" section -->
+ <refsection>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+
+ <para><xref linkend="ST_AsEWKT" />, <xref linkend="ST_Collect" />,<xref linkend="ST_MakeLine" /></para>
+ </refsection>
+ </refentry>
+
+ <refentry id="ST_MakeBox2D">
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>ST_MakeBox2D</refname>
+
+ <refpurpose>Creates a BOX2D defined by the given point
+ geometries.</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <funcsynopsis>
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>box2d <function>ST_MakeBox2D</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef><type>geometry </type> <parameter>pointLowLeft</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef><type>geometry </type> <parameter>pointUpRight</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+ </funcsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para>Creates a BOX2D defined by the given point
+ geometries. This is useful for doing range queries</para>
+ </refsection>
+
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+
+ <programlisting>
+--Return all features that fall reside or partly reside in a US national atlas coordinate bounding box
+--It is assumed here that the geometries are stored with SRID = 2163 (US National atlas equal area)
+SELECT feature_id, feature_name, the_geom
+FROM features
+WHERE the_geom && ST_SetSRID(ST_MakeBox2D(ST_Point(-989502.1875, 528439.5625),
+ ST_Point(-987121.375 ,529933.1875)),2163)</programlisting>
+ </refsection>
+
+ <!-- Optionally add a "See Also" section -->
+ <refsection>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+
+ <para><xref linkend="ST_MakePoint" />, <xref linkend="ST_Point" />, <xref linkend="ST_SetSRID" />, <xref linkend="ST_SRID" /></para>
+ </refsection>
+ </refentry>
+
+ <refentry id="ST_MakeBox3D">
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>ST_MakeBox3D</refname>
+
+ <refpurpose>Creates a BOX3D defined by the given 3d point
+ geometries.</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <funcsynopsis>
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>box3d <function>ST_MakeBox3D</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef><type>geometry </type> <parameter>point3DLowLeftBottom</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef><type>geometry </type> <parameter>point3DUpRightTop</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+ </funcsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para>Creates a BOX3D defined by the given 2 3D point
+ geometries. </para>
+
+ <!-- Optionally mention 3d support -->
+ <para><inlinemediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="images/check.png" />
+ </imageobject>
+ </inlinemediaobject> This function supports 3d and will not drop the z-index.</para>
+ </refsection>
+
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+
+ <programlisting>
+SELECT ST_MakeBox3D(ST_MakePoint(-989502.1875, 528439.5625, 10),
+ ST_MakePoint(-987121.375 ,529933.1875, 10)) As abb3d
+
+--bb3d--
+--------
+BOX3D(-989502.1875 528439.5625 10,-987121.375 529933.1875 10)
+ </programlisting>
+ </refsection>
+
+ <!-- Optionally add a "See Also" section -->
+ <refsection>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+
+ <para><xref linkend="ST_MakePoint" />, <xref linkend="ST_SetSRID" />, <xref linkend="ST_SRID" /></para>
+ </refsection>
+ </refentry>
+
<refentry id="ST_MakeLine">
<refnamediv>
<refname>ST_MakeLine</refname>