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MySQL 8.4 Reference Manual  / ...  / Functions and Operators  / Spatial Analysis Functions  /  Spatial Convenience Functions

14.16.13 Spatial Convenience Functions

The functions in this section provide convenience operations on geometry values.

Unless otherwise specified, functions in this section handle their geometry arguments as follows:

  • If any argument isNULL, the return value isNULL.

  • If any geometry argument is not a syntactically well-formed geometry, anER_GIS_INVALID_DATA error occurs.

  • If any geometry argument is a syntactically well-formed geometry in an undefined spatial reference system (SRS), anER_SRS_NOT_FOUND error occurs.

  • For functions that take multiple geometry arguments, if those arguments are not in the same SRS, anER_GIS_DIFFERENT_SRIDS error occurs.

  • Otherwise, the return value is non-NULL.

These convenience functions are available:

  • ST_Distance_Sphere(g1,g2 [,radius])

    Returns the minimum spherical distance betweenPoint orMultiPoint arguments on a sphere, in meters. (For general-purpose distance calculations, see theST_Distance() function.) The optionalradius argument should be given in meters.

    If both geometry parameters are valid CartesianPoint orMultiPoint values in SRID 0, the return value is shortest distance between the two geometries on a sphere with the provided radius. If omitted, the default radius is 6,370,986 meters, Point X and Y coordinates are interpreted as longitude and latitude, respectively, in degrees.

    If both geometry parameters are validPoint orMultiPoint values in a geographic spatial reference system (SRS), the return value is the shortest distance between the two geometries on a sphere with the provided radius. If omitted, the default radius is equal to the mean radius, defined as (2a+b)/3, where a is the semi-major axis and b is the semi-minor axis of the SRS.

    ST_Distance_Sphere() handles its arguments as described in the introduction to this section, with these exceptions:

    • Supported geometry argument combinations arePoint andPoint, orPoint andMultiPoint (in any argument order). If at least one of the geometries is neitherPoint norMultiPoint, and its SRID is 0, anER_NOT_IMPLEMENTED_FOR_CARTESIAN_SRS error occurs. If at least one of the geometries is neitherPoint norMultiPoint, and its SRID refers to a geographic SRS, anER_NOT_IMPLEMENTED_FOR_GEOGRAPHIC_SRS error occurs. If any geometry refers to a projected SRS, anER_NOT_IMPLEMENTED_FOR_PROJECTED_SRS error occurs.

    • If any argument has a longitude or latitude that is out of range, an error occurs:

      Ranges shown are in degrees. If an SRS uses another unit, the range uses the corresponding values in its unit. The exact range limits deviate slightly due to floating-point arithmetic.

    • If theradius argument is present but not positive, anER_NONPOSITIVE_RADIUS error occurs.

    • If the distance exceeds the range of a double-precision number, anER_STD_OVERFLOW_ERROR error occurs.

    mysql> SET @pt1 = ST_GeomFromText('POINT(0 0)');mysql> SET @pt2 = ST_GeomFromText('POINT(180 0)');mysql> SELECT ST_Distance_Sphere(@pt1, @pt2);+--------------------------------+| ST_Distance_Sphere(@pt1, @pt2) |+--------------------------------+|             20015042.813723423 |+--------------------------------+
  • ST_IsValid(g)

    Returns 1 if the argument is geometrically valid, 0 if the argument is not geometrically valid. Geometry validity is defined by the OGC specification.

    The only valid empty geometry is represented in the form of an empty geometry collection value.ST_IsValid() returns 1 in this case. MySQL does not support GISEMPTY values such asPOINT EMPTY.

    ST_IsValid() handles its arguments as described in the introduction to this section, with this exception:

    • If the geometry has a geographic SRS with a longitude or latitude that is out of range, an error occurs:

      Ranges shown are in degrees. If an SRS uses another unit, the range uses the corresponding values in its unit. The exact range limits deviate slightly due to floating-point arithmetic.

    mysql> SET @ls1 = ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(0 0,-0.00 0,0.0 0)');mysql> SET @ls2 = ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(0 0, 1 1)');mysql> SELECT ST_IsValid(@ls1);+------------------+| ST_IsValid(@ls1) |+------------------+|                0 |+------------------+mysql> SELECT ST_IsValid(@ls2);+------------------+| ST_IsValid(@ls2) |+------------------+|                1 |+------------------+
  • ST_MakeEnvelope(pt1,pt2)

    Returns the rectangle that forms the envelope around two points, as aPoint,LineString, orPolygon.

    Calculations are done using the Cartesian coordinate system rather than on a sphere, spheroid, or on earth.

    Given two pointspt1 andpt2,ST_MakeEnvelope() creates the result geometry on an abstract plane like this:

    • Ifpt1 andpt2 are equal, the result is the pointpt1.

    • Otherwise, if(pt1,pt2) is a vertical or horizontal line segment, the result is the line segment(pt1,pt2).

    • Otherwise, the result is a polygon usingpt1 andpt2 as diagonal points.

    The result geometry has an SRID of 0.

    ST_MakeEnvelope() handles its arguments as described in the introduction to this section, with these exceptions:

    mysql> SET @pt1 = ST_GeomFromText('POINT(0 0)');mysql> SET @pt2 = ST_GeomFromText('POINT(1 1)');mysql> SELECT ST_AsText(ST_MakeEnvelope(@pt1, @pt2));+----------------------------------------+| ST_AsText(ST_MakeEnvelope(@pt1, @pt2)) |+----------------------------------------+| POLYGON((0 0,1 0,1 1,0 1,0 0))         |+----------------------------------------+
  • ST_Simplify(g,max_distance)

    Simplifies a geometry using the Douglas-Peucker algorithm and returns a simplified value of the same type.

    The geometry may be any geometry type, although the Douglas-Peucker algorithm may not actually process every type. A geometry collection is processed by giving its components one by one to the simplification algorithm, and the returned geometries are put into a geometry collection as result.

    Themax_distance argument is the distance (in units of the input coordinates) of a vertex to other segments to be removed. Vertices within this distance of the simplified linestring are removed.

    According to Boost.Geometry, geometries might become invalid as a result of the simplification process, and the process might create self-intersections. To check the validity of the result, pass it toST_IsValid().

    ST_Simplify() handles its arguments as described in the introduction to this section, with this exception:

    • If themax_distance argument is not positive, or isNaN, anER_WRONG_ARGUMENTS error occurs.

    mysql> SET @g = ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(0 0,0 1,1 1,1 2,2 2,2 3,3 3)');mysql> SELECT ST_AsText(ST_Simplify(@g, 0.5));+---------------------------------+| ST_AsText(ST_Simplify(@g, 0.5)) |+---------------------------------+| LINESTRING(0 0,0 1,1 1,2 3,3 3) |+---------------------------------+mysql> SELECT ST_AsText(ST_Simplify(@g, 1.0));+---------------------------------+| ST_AsText(ST_Simplify(@g, 1.0)) |+---------------------------------+| LINESTRING(0 0,3 3)             |+---------------------------------+
  • ST_Validate(g)

    Validates a geometry according to the OGC specification. A geometry can be syntactically well-formed (WKB value plus SRID) but geometrically invalid. For example, this polygon is geometrically invalid:POLYGON((0 0, 0 0, 0 0, 0 0, 0 0))

    ST_Validate() returns the geometry if it is syntactically well-formed and is geometrically valid,NULL if the argument is not syntactically well-formed or is not geometrically valid or isNULL.

    ST_Validate() can be used to filter out invalid geometry data, although at a cost. For applications that require more precise results not tainted by invalid data, this penalty may be worthwhile.

    If the geometry argument is valid, it is returned as is, except that if an inputPolygon orMultiPolygon has clockwise rings, those rings are reversed before checking for validity. If the geometry is valid, the value with the reversed rings is returned.

    The only valid empty geometry is represented in the form of an empty geometry collection value.ST_Validate() returns it directly without further checks in this case.

    ST_Validate() handles its arguments as described in the introduction to this section, with the exceptions listed here:

    • If the geometry has a geographic SRS with a longitude or latitude that is out of range, an error occurs:

      Ranges shown are in degrees. The exact range limits deviate slightly due to floating-point arithmetic.

    mysql> SET @ls1 = ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(0 0)');mysql> SET @ls2 = ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(0 0, 1 1)');mysql> SELECT ST_AsText(ST_Validate(@ls1));+------------------------------+| ST_AsText(ST_Validate(@ls1)) |+------------------------------+| NULL                         |+------------------------------+mysql> SELECT ST_AsText(ST_Validate(@ls2));+------------------------------+| ST_AsText(ST_Validate(@ls2)) |+------------------------------+| LINESTRING(0 0,1 1)          |+------------------------------+