From: Olivier Courtin Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:29:13 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Remove old reference file X-Git-Tag: 2.0.0alpha1~3083 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=fd5832efc05b566d2dcffb5d0c3c0d1f323726ce;p=postgis Remove old reference file git-svn-id: http://svn.osgeo.org/postgis/trunk@5470 b70326c6-7e19-0410-871a-916f4a2858ee --- diff --git a/doc/reference_old.xml b/doc/reference_old.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 5142a96a3..000000000 --- a/doc/reference_old.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,241 +0,0 @@ - - - PostGIS Reference - - The functions given below are the ones which a user of PostGIS is - likely to need. There are other functions which are required support - functions to the PostGIS objects which are not of use to a general - user. - - - PostGIS has begun a transition from the existing naming convention - to an SQL-MM-centric convention. As a result, most of the functions that - you know and love have been renamed using the standard spatial type (ST) - prefix. Previous functions are still available, though are not listed in - this document where updated functions are equivalent. These will be - deprecated in a future release. - - - - OpenGIS Functions - - - Geometry Constructors - - - - - ST_PolyFromWKB(bytea,[<srid>]) - - - Makes a Geometry from WKB with the given SRID. If SRID is - not give, it defaults to -1. - - OGC SPEC 3.2.7.2 - option SRID is from the conformance - suite - - throws an error if WKB is not a POLYGON - - - - - ST_PolygonFromWKB(bytea,[<srid>]) - - - Makes a Geometry from WKB with the given SRID. If SRID is - not give, it defaults to -1. - - from the conformance suite - - throws an error if WKB is not a POLYGON - - - - - ST_MPointFromWKB(bytea,[<srid>]) - - - Makes a Geometry from WKB with the given SRID. If SRID is - not give, it defaults to -1. - - OGC SPEC 3.2.7.2 - option SRID is from the conformance - suite - - throws an error if WKB is not a MULTIPOINT - - - - - ST_MLineFromWKB(bytea,[<srid>]) - - - Makes a Geometry from WKB with the given SRID. If SRID is - not give, it defaults to -1. - - OGC SPEC 3.2.7.2 - option SRID is from the conformance - suite - - throws an error if WKB is not a MULTILINESTRING - - - - - ST_MPolyFromWKB(bytea,[<srid>]) - - - Makes a Geometry from WKB with the given SRID. If SRID is - not give, it defaults to -1. - - OGC SPEC 3.2.7.2 - option SRID is from the conformance - suite - - throws an error if WKB is not a MULTIPOLYGON - - - - - ST_GeomCollFromWKB(bytea,[<srid>]) - - - Makes a Geometry from WKB with the given SRID. If SRID is - not give, it defaults to -1. - - OGC SPEC 3.2.7.2 - option SRID is from the conformance - suite - - throws an error if WKB is not a GEOMETRYCOLLECTION - - - - - - - - - SQL-MM Functions - - This is a listing of the SQL-MM defined functions that PostGIS - currently supports. The implementations of these functions follow the - ArcSDE implementation, and thus deviate somewhat from the spec. These - deviations will be noted. - - As of version 1.2.0, these functions have been implemented by - wrapping existing PostGIS functions. As a result, full support for curved - geometries may not be in place for many functions. - - - SQL-MM defines the default SRID of all geometry constructors as 0. - PostGIS uses a default SRID of -1. - - - - - ST_MLineFromWKB - - - Return a specified ST_MultiLineString value. - - SQL-MM 3: 9.4.5 - - - - - ST_MPointFromWKB - - - Return a specified ST_MultiPoint value. - - SQL-MM 3: 9.2.5 - - - - - ST_MPolyFromWKB - - - Return a specified ST_MultiPolygon value. - - SQL-MM 3: 9.6.5 - - - - - ST_PolyFromWKB - - - Return a specified ST_Polygon value. - - SQL-MM 3: 8.3.7 - - - - - - - ArcSDE Functions - - Additional functions have been added to improve support for an - ArcSDE style interface. - - - - SE_EnvelopesIntersect - - - Returns t (TRUE) if the envelopes of two geometries intersect; - otherwise, it returns f (FALSE). - - - - - SE_Is3d - - - Test if a geometry value has z coordinate values. - - - - - SE_IsMeasured - - - Test if a geometry value has m coordinate values. - - - - - SE_LocateAlong - - - Return a derived geometry collection value with elements that - match the specified measur. - - - - - SE_LocateBetween - - - Return a derived geometry collection value with elements that - match the specified range of measures inclusively. - - - - - SE_M - - - Returns the m coordinate value of an ST_Point value. - - - - - SE_Z - - - Returns the z coordinate value of an ST_Point value - - - - -