From: Regina Obe Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:34:48 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Add a new special index section to collect functions that take as input or output... X-Git-Tag: 1.5.0b1~471 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6234fd0124b06fb275abb8c045a03a878bc86ed6;p=postgis Add a new special index section to collect functions that take as input or output geography data type. Also give pretty anchor to PostGIS Geography section git-svn-id: http://svn.osgeo.org/postgis/trunk@4538 b70326c6-7e19-0410-871a-916f4a2858ee --- diff --git a/doc/using_postgis_dataman.xml b/doc/using_postgis_dataman.xml index 54f943b08..1deff45d6 100644 --- a/doc/using_postgis_dataman.xml +++ b/doc/using_postgis_dataman.xml @@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ geometry (1 row) - + PostGIS Geography Type The geography type provides native support for spatial features represented on "geographic" coordinates (sometimes called "geodetic" coordinates, or "lat/lon", or "lon/lat"). Geographic coordinates are spherical coordinates expressed in angular units (degrees). @@ -187,9 +187,9 @@ geometry The new geography type uses the PostgreSQL 8.3+ typmod definition format so that a table with a geography field can be added in a single step. All the standard OGC formats except for curves are supported. - + Geography Basics - + The geography type only supports the simplest of simple features. Standard geometry type data will autocast to geography if it is of SRID 4326. You can also use the EWKT and EWKB @@ -222,17 +222,17 @@ geometry - The new geography fields don't get registered in the geometry_columns. They get registered in a new view called - geography_columns which is a view against the system catalogs so is always automatically kept up to date without need + The new geography fields don't get registered in the geometry_columns. They get registered in a new view called + geography_columns which is a view against the system catalogs so is always automatically kept up to date without need for an AddGeom... like function. - + Now, check the "geography_columns" view and see that your table is listed: SELECT * FROM geography_columns; Using Input/Output Functions - There are only four intput/output functions at this time supporting the OGC well-known text (WKT) and well-known binary (WKB) formats. + There are only four intput/output functions at this time supporting the OGC well-known text (WKT) and well-known binary (WKB) formats. Adding further output formats (GML, GeoJSON) should be straight-forward, borrowing code from the geometry implementations. diff --git a/doc/xsl/postgis_aggs_mm.xml.xsl b/doc/xsl/postgis_aggs_mm.xml.xsl index 60bd45641..db9ff4cb0 100644 --- a/doc/xsl/postgis_aggs_mm.xml.xsl +++ b/doc/xsl/postgis_aggs_mm.xml.xsl @@ -70,6 +70,35 @@ + + PostGIS Geography Support Functions + The functions and operators given below are PostGIS functions/operators that take as input or return as output a geography data type object. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + PostGIS Functions that support 3D The functions given below are PostGIS functions that do not throw away the Z-Index. @@ -126,6 +155,8 @@ + + New PostGIS Functions @@ -141,7 +172,7 @@ - + @@ -168,7 +199,7 @@ - +