<xref linkend="ST_BdMPolyFromText" />wrappers to
this function with standard OGC interface</para>
</refsection>
- </refentry>
+ </refentry>
+ <refentry id="ST_GeomFromEWKB">
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>ST_GeomFromEWKB</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Return a specified ST_Geometry value from Extended Well-Known Binary representation (EWKB).</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <funcsynopsis>
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>geometery <function>ST_GeomFromEWKB</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef><type>bytea </type> <parameter>EWKB</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+ </funcsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>Description</title>
+ <para>Constructs a PostGIS ST_Geometry object from the OGC Extended Well-Known binary (EWKT) representation.</para>
+ <note>
+ <para>The EWKB format is not an OGC standard, but a PostGIS specific format that includes the spatial reference system (SRID)
+ identifier</para>
+ </note>
+ </refsection>
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+ <para>line string binary rep 0f
+ LINESTRING(-71.160281 42.258729,-71.160837 42.259113,-71.161144 42.25932) in NAD 83 long lat (4269).</para>
+ <note><para>NOTE: Even though byte arrays are delimited with \ and may have ', we need to escape both out with \ and ''. So it does not
+ look exactly like its AsEWKB representation.</para></note>
+ <programlisting>
+ SELECT ST_GeomFromEWKB(E'\\001\\002\\000\\000 \\255\\020\\000\\000\\003\\000\\000\\000\\344J=
+ \\013B\\312Q\\300n\\303(\\010\\036!E@''\\277E''K
+ \\312Q\\300\\366{b\\235*!E@\\225|\\354.P\\312Q
+ \\300p\\231\\323e1!E@');
+ </programlisting>
+ </refsection>
+ <refsection>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para><xref linkend="ST_AsBinary" />, <xref linkend="ST_AsEWKB" /></para>
+ </refsection>
+ </refentry>
+
+ <refentry id="ST_GeomFromEWKT">
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>ST_GeomFromEWKT</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Return a specified ST_Geometry value from Extended Well-Known Text representation (EWKT).</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <funcsynopsis>
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>geometery <function>ST_GeomFromEWKT</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>EWKT</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+ </funcsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>Description</title>
+ <para>Constructs a PostGIS ST_Geometry object from the OGC Extended Well-Known text (EWKT) representation.</para>
+ <note>
+ <para>The EWKT format is not an OGC standard, but an PostGIS specific format that includes the spatial reference system (SRID)
+ identifier</para>
+ </note>
+ </refsection>
+
+ <refsection>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+ <programlisting>SELECT ST_GeomFromEWKT('SRID=4269;LINESTRING(-71.160281 42.258729,-71.160837 42.259113,-71.161144 42.25932)');
+ SELECT ST_GeomFromEWKT('SRID=4269;MULTILINESTRING((-71.160281 42.258729,-71.160837 42.259113,-71.161144 42.25932))');
+
+ SELECT ST_GeomFromEWKT('SRID=4269;POINT(-71.064544 42.28787)');
+
+ SELECT ST_GeomFromEWKT('SRID=4269;POLYGON((-71.1776585052917 42.3902909739571,-71.1776820268866 42.3903701743239,
+ -71.1776063012595 42.3903825660754,-71.1775826583081 42.3903033653531,-71.1776585052917 42.3902909739571))');
+
+ SELECT ST_GeomFromEWKT('SRID=4269;MULTIPOLYGON(((-71.1031880899493 42.3152774590236,
+ -71.1031627617667 42.3152960829043,-71.102923838298 42.3149156848307,
+ -71.1023097974109 42.3151969047397,-71.1019285062273 42.3147384934248,
+ -71.102505233663 42.3144722937587,-71.10277487471 42.3141658254797,
+ -71.103113945163 42.3142739188902,-71.10324876416 42.31402489987,
+ -71.1033002961013 42.3140393340215,-71.1033488797549 42.3139495090772,
+ -71.103396240451 42.3138632439557,-71.1041521907712 42.3141153348029,
+ -71.1041411411543 42.3141545014533,-71.1041287795912 42.3142114839058,
+ -71.1041188134329 42.3142693656241,-71.1041112482575 42.3143272556118,
+ -71.1041072845732 42.3143851580048,-71.1041057218871 42.3144430686681,
+ -71.1041065602059 42.3145009876017,-71.1041097995362 42.3145589148055,
+ -71.1041166403905 42.3146168544148,-71.1041258822717 42.3146748022936,
+ -71.1041375307579 42.3147318674446,-71.1041492906949 42.3147711126569,
+ -71.1041598612795 42.314808571739,-71.1042515013869 42.3151287620809,
+ -71.1041173835118 42.3150739481917,-71.1040809891419 42.3151344119048,
+ -71.1040438678912 42.3151191367447,-71.1040194562988 42.3151832057859,
+ -71.1038734225584 42.3151140942995,-71.1038446938243 42.3151006300338,
+ -71.1038315271889 42.315094347535,-71.1037393329282 42.315054824985,
+ -71.1035447555574 42.3152608696313,-71.1033436658644 42.3151648370544,
+ -71.1032580383161 42.3152269126061,-71.103223066939 42.3152517403219,
+ -71.1031880899493 42.3152774590236)),
+ ((-71.1043632495873 42.315113108546,-71.1043583974082 42.3151211109857,
+ -71.1043443253471 42.3150676015829,-71.1043850704575 42.3150793250568,-71.1043632495873 42.315113108546)))');
+ </programlisting>
+ </refsection>
+ <refsection>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para><xref linkend="ST_AsEWKT" />, <xref linkend="ST_GeomFromText" />, <xref linkend="ST_GeomFromEWKT" /></para>
+ </refsection>
+ </refentry>
<refentry id="ST_GeomFromText">
<refnamediv>
<refname>ST_GeomFromText</refname>
<!-- optionally mention that this function uses indexes if appropriate -->
<note>
- <para>There are 2 variants of ST_GeomFromText function, the first takes no SRID and returns a geometry
+
<para>There are 2 variants of ST_GeomFromText function, the first takes no SRID and returns a geometry
with no defined spatial reference system. The second takes a spatial reference id as the second argument
and returns an ST_Geometry that includes this srid as part of its meta-data. The srid must be defined
in the spatial_ref_sys table.</para>
<refsection>
<title>Examples</title>
-<programlisting>SELECT ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(-71.160281 42.258729,-71.160837 42.259113,-71.161144 42.25932)');
-SELECT ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(-71.160281 42.258729,-71.160837 42.259113,-71.161144 42.25932)',4269);
-
-SELECT ST_GeomFromText('MULTILINESTRING((-71.160281 42.258729,-71.160837 42.259113,-71.161144 42.25932))');
-
-SELECT ST_GeomFromText('POINT(-71.064544 42.28787)');
-
-SELECT ST_GeomFromText('POLYGON((-71.1776585052917 42.3902909739571,-71.1776820268866 42.3903701743239,
--71.1776063012595 42.3903825660754,-71.1775826583081 42.3903033653531,-71.1776585052917 42.3902909739571))');
-
-SELECT ST_GeomFromText('MULTIPOLYGON(((-71.1031880899493 42.3152774590236,
--71.1031627617667 42.3152960829043,-71.102923838298 42.3149156848307,
--71.1023097974109 42.3151969047397,-71.1019285062273 42.3147384934248,
--71.102505233663 42.3144722937587,-71.10277487471 42.3141658254797,
--71.103113945163 42.3142739188902,-71.10324876416 42.31402489987,
--71.1033002961013 42.3140393340215,-71.1033488797549 42.3139495090772,
--71.103396240451 42.3138632439557,-71.1041521907712 42.3141153348029,
--71.1041411411543 42.3141545014533,-71.1041287795912 42.3142114839058,
--71.1041188134329 42.3142693656241,-71.1041112482575 42.3143272556118,
--71.1041072845732 42.3143851580048,-71.1041057218871 42.3144430686681,
--71.1041065602059 42.3145009876017,-71.1041097995362 42.3145589148055,
--71.1041166403905 42.3146168544148,-71.1041258822717 42.3146748022936,
--71.1041375307579 42.3147318674446,-71.1041492906949 42.3147711126569,
--71.1041598612795 42.314808571739,-71.1042515013869 42.3151287620809,
--71.1041173835118 42.3150739481917,-71.1040809891419 42.3151344119048,
--71.1040438678912 42.3151191367447,-71.1040194562988 42.3151832057859,
--71.1038734225584 42.3151140942995,-71.1038446938243 42.3151006300338,
--71.1038315271889 42.315094347535,-71.1037393329282 42.315054824985,
--71.1035447555574 42.3152608696313,-71.1033436658644 42.3151648370544,
--71.1032580383161 42.3152269126061,-71.103223066939 42.3152517403219,
--71.1031880899493 42.3152774590236)),
-((-71.1043632495873 42.315113108546,-71.1043583974082 42.3151211109857,
--71.1043443253471 42.3150676015829,-71.1043850704575 42.3150793250568,-71.1043632495873 42.315113108546)))',4326);
-</programlisting>
+
<programlisting>SELECT ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(-71.160281 42.258729,-71.160837 42.259113,-71.161144 42.25932)');
+ SELECT ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(-71.160281 42.258729,-71.160837 42.259113,-71.161144 42.25932)',4269);
+
+ SELECT ST_GeomFromText('MULTILINESTRING((-71.160281 42.258729,-71.160837 42.259113,-71.161144 42.25932))');
+
+ SELECT ST_GeomFromText('POINT(-71.064544 42.28787)');
+
+ SELECT ST_GeomFromText('POLYGON((-71.1776585052917 42.3902909739571,-71.1776820268866 42.3903701743239,
+ -71.1776063012595 42.3903825660754,-71.1775826583081 42.3903033653531,-71.1776585052917 42.3902909739571))');
+
+ SELECT ST_GeomFromText('MULTIPOLYGON(((-71.1031880899493 42.3152774590236,
+ -71.1031627617667 42.3152960829043,-71.102923838298 42.3149156848307,
+ -71.1023097974109 42.3151969047397,-71.1019285062273 42.3147384934248,
+ -71.102505233663 42.3144722937587,-71.10277487471 42.3141658254797,
+ -71.103113945163 42.3142739188902,-71.10324876416 42.31402489987,
+ -71.1033002961013 42.3140393340215,-71.1033488797549 42.3139495090772,
+ -71.103396240451 42.3138632439557,-71.1041521907712 42.3141153348029,
+ -71.1041411411543 42.3141545014533,-71.1041287795912 42.3142114839058,
+ -71.1041188134329 42.3142693656241,-71.1041112482575 42.3143272556118,
+ -71.1041072845732 42.3143851580048,-71.1041057218871 42.3144430686681,
+ -71.1041065602059 42.3145009876017,-71.1041097995362 42.3145589148055,
+ -71.1041166403905 42.3146168544148,-71.1041258822717 42.3146748022936,
+ -71.1041375307579 42.3147318674446,-71.1041492906949 42.3147711126569,
+ -71.1041598612795 42.314808571739,-71.1042515013869 42.3151287620809,
+ -71.1041173835118 42.3150739481917,-71.1040809891419 42.3151344119048,
+ -71.1040438678912 42.3151191367447,-71.1040194562988 42.3151832057859,
+ -71.1038734225584 42.3151140942995,-71.1038446938243 42.3151006300338,
+ -71.1038315271889 42.315094347535,-71.1037393329282 42.315054824985,
+ -71.1035447555574 42.3152608696313,-71.1033436658644 42.3151648370544,
+ -71.1032580383161 42.3152269126061,-71.103223066939 42.3152517403219,
+ -71.1031880899493 42.3152774590236)),
+ ((-71.1043632495873 42.315113108546,-71.1043583974082 42.3151211109857,
+ -71.1043443253471 42.3150676015829,-71.1043850704575 42.3150793250568,-71.1043632495873 42.315113108546)))',4326);
+ </programlisting>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>See Also</title>
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