]> granicus.if.org Git - postgis/commitdiff
add geography proto for ST_DWithin, also fill in some availability marks forgotten.
authorRegina Obe <lr@pcorp.us>
Fri, 2 Oct 2009 19:08:51 +0000 (19:08 +0000)
committerRegina Obe <lr@pcorp.us>
Fri, 2 Oct 2009 19:08:51 +0000 (19:08 +0000)
git-svn-id: http://svn.osgeo.org/postgis/trunk@4581 b70326c6-7e19-0410-871a-916f4a2858ee

doc/reference.xml

index 3be4f7b6521d3eab586e502923b78eba0654bbf5..fc2591a16aebdd56a3dded2eeaa17a254711aced 100644 (file)
@@ -7069,7 +7069,7 @@ CREATE INDEX idx_the_geom_26986_parcels
                          <para>ST_AsBinary is the reverse of <xref linkend="ST_GeomFromWKB" /> for geometry.  Use <xref linkend="ST_GeomFromWKB" /> to convert to a postgis geometry from ST_AsBinary representation.</para>
                        </note>
 
-                       <para>Availability: 1.5 geography support was introduced.</para>
+                       <para>Availability: 1.5.0 geography support was introduced.</para>
 
                        <para><inlinemediaobject>
                                <imageobject>
@@ -7400,6 +7400,7 @@ CIRCULARSTRING(220268 150415 1,220227 150505 2,220227 150406 3)
                        <para>Version 6: ST_AsGeoJSON(version, geom, precision,options)</para>
 
                        <para>Availability: 1.3.4</para>
+                       <para>Availability: 1.5.0 geography support was introduced.</para>
                        <!-- Optionally mention 3d support -->
                        <para><inlinemediaobject>
                        <imageobject>
@@ -7527,6 +7528,7 @@ st_asgeojson
 
                <note>
                  <para>Availability: 1.3.2</para>
+                 <para>Availability: 1.5.0 geography support was introduced.</para>
                </note>
 
                <!-- Optionally mention 3d support -->
@@ -10092,6 +10094,8 @@ SELECT ST_Disjoint('POINT(0 0)'::geometry, 'LINESTRING ( 0 0, 0 2 )'::geometry);
                  <inlinegraphic fileref="images/check.png" />
                  This method implements the SQL/MM specification: SQL-MM 3: 5.1.23
                </para>
+               
+               <para>Availability: 1.5.0 geography support was introduced in 1.5.</para>
          </refsection>
 
          <refsection>
@@ -10107,7 +10111,7 @@ st_distance
 -----------------
 0.00150567726382282
 
--- Geometry example - units in meters (SRID: 26986 Massachusetts state plane meters)
+-- Geometry example - units in meters (SRID: 26986 Massachusetts state plane meters) (most accurate for Massachusetts)
 SELECT ST_Distance(
                        ST_Transform(ST_GeomFromText('POINT(-72.1235 42.3521)',4326),26986), 
                        ST_Transform(ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(-72.1260 42.45, -72.123 42.1546)', 4326),26986)
@@ -10116,7 +10120,7 @@ st_distance
 -----------------
 123.797937878454
 
--- Geometry example - units in meters (SRID: 2163 US National Atlas Equal area)
+-- Geometry example - units in meters (SRID: 2163 US National Atlas Equal area) (least accurate)
 SELECT ST_Distance(
                        ST_Transform(ST_GeomFromText('POINT(-72.1235 42.3521)',4326),2163), 
                        ST_Transform(ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(-72.1260 42.45, -72.123 42.1546)', 4326),2163)
@@ -10126,7 +10130,7 @@ st_distance
 ------------------
 126.664256056812
 
--- Geography example -- same but note units in meters
+-- Geography example -- same but note units in meters 
 SELECT ST_Distance(
        ST_GeographyFromText('SRID=4326;POINT(-72.1235 42.3521)'), 
        ST_GeographyFromText('SRID=4326;LINESTRING(-72.1260 42.45, -72.123 42.1546)')
@@ -10348,7 +10352,7 @@ FROM
                <refname>ST_DWithin</refname>
 
                <refpurpose>Returns true if the geometries are within the specified
-               distance of one another</refpurpose>
+               distance of one another. For geometry units are in those of spatial reference and For geography units are in meters.</refpurpose>
          </refnamediv>
 
          <refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -10362,6 +10366,19 @@ FROM
                        <paramdef><type>geometry </type>
                        <parameter>g2</parameter></paramdef>
 
+                       <paramdef><type>double precision </type>
+                       <parameter>distance</parameter></paramdef>
+                 </funcprototype>
+                 
+                  <funcprototype>
+                       <funcdef>boolean <function>ST_DWithin</function></funcdef>
+
+                       <paramdef><type>geography </type>
+                       <parameter>gg1</parameter></paramdef>
+
+                       <paramdef><type>geography </type>
+                       <parameter>gg2</parameter></paramdef>
+
                        <paramdef><type>double precision </type>
                        <parameter>distance</parameter></paramdef>
                  </funcprototype>
@@ -10396,6 +10413,8 @@ FROM
                  <ulink url="http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/sfs">OpenGIS Simple
                  Features Implementation Specification for SQL.</ulink>
                </para>
+               
+               <para>Availability: 1.5.0 support for geography was introduced</para>
          </refsection>
 
          <refsection>