An error is thrown if the schemaname doesn't exist
(or not visible in the current search_path) or the specified SRID,
pixel types are invalid.</para>
+
+ <para><varname>gdal2wktraster.py</varname> loader uses this function to register raster tables</para>
<note>
<para>Views and derivatively created spatial tables will need to be registered in raster_columns manually,
<refentry id="RT_ST_GeoReference">
<refnamediv>
<refname>ST_GeoReference</refname>
- <refpurpose>Returns the georeference meta data in GDAL or ESRI format. Default is GDAL.</refpurpose>
+ <refpurpose>Returns the georeference meta data in GDAL or ESRI format as commonly seen in a world file. Default is GDAL.</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<refsection>
<title>Description</title>
- <para>Returns the georeference meta data in GDAL or ESRI format. Default is GDAL if no type specified. type is string 'GDAL' or 'ESRI'.</para>
+ <para>Returns the georeference meta data including carriage return in GDAL or ESRI format as commonly seen in a <ulink href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_file">world file</ulink>. Default is GDAL if no type specified. type is string 'GDAL' or 'ESRI'.
+ </para>
<para>Difference between format representations is as follows:</para>
<para><varname>GDAL</varname>:
<programlisting>pixelsizex