16.6. SparkSQL Functions¶
The following is a list of the spatial SparkSQL user-defined functions defined by the geomesa-spark-sql module.
- Geometry Constructors
- st_box2DFromGeoHash
- st_geomFromGeoHash
- st_geomFromText
- st_geomFromWKB
- st_geomFromWKT
- st_geometryFromText
- st_lineFromText
- st_mLineFromText
- st_mPointFromText
- st_mPolyFromText
- st_makeBBOX
- st_makeBox2D
- st_makeLine
- st_makePoint
- st_makePointM
- st_makePolygon
- st_point
- st_pointFromGeoHash
- st_pointFromText
- st_pointFromWKB
- st_polygon
- st_polygonFromText
- Geometry Accessors
- Geometry Cast
- Geometry Editors
- Geometry Outputs
- Spatial Relationships
- Geometry Processing
16.6.1. Geometry Constructors¶
16.6.1.1. st_box2DFromGeoHash¶
Geometry st_box2DFromGeoHash(String geohash, Int prec)
Alias of st_geomFromGeoHash.
16.6.1.2. st_geomFromGeoHash¶
Geometry st_geomFromGeoHash(String geohash, Int prec)
Returns the Geometry of the bounding box corresponding to the Geohash string geohash (base-32 encoded) with
a precision of prec bits. See Geohash for more information on GeoHashes.
16.6.1.4. st_geomFromWKB¶
Geometry st_geomFromWKB(Array[Byte] wkb)
Creates a Geometry from the given Well-Known Binary representation (WKB).
16.6.1.5. st_geomFromWKT¶
Geometry st_geomFromWKT(String wkt)
Creates a Geometry from the given Well-Known Text representation (WKT).
16.6.1.7. st_lineFromText¶
LineString st_lineFromText(String wkt)
Creates a LineString from the given WKT representation.
16.6.1.8. st_mLineFromText¶
MultiLineString st_mLineFromText(String wkt)
Creates a MultiLineString corresponding to the given WKT representation.
16.6.1.9. st_mPointFromText¶
MultiPoint st_mPointFromText(String wkt)
Creates a MultiPoint corresponding to the given WKT representation.
16.6.1.10. st_mPolyFromText¶
MultiPolygon st_mPolyFromText(String wkt)
Creates a MultiPolygon corresponding to the given WKT representation.
16.6.1.11. st_makeBBOX¶
Geometry st_makeBBOX(Double lowerX, Double lowerY, Double upperX, Double upperY)
Creates a Geometry representing a bounding box with the given boundaries.
16.6.1.12. st_makeBox2D¶
Geometry st_makeBox2D(Point lowerLeft, Point upperRight)
Creates a Geometry representing a bounding box defined by the given Points.
16.6.1.13. st_makeLine¶
LineString st_makeLine(Seq[Point] points)
Creates a LineString using the given sequence of vertices in points.
16.6.1.14. st_makePoint¶
Point st_makePoint(Double x, Double y)
Creates a Point with an x and y coordinate.
16.6.1.15. st_makePointM¶
Point st_makePointM(Double x, Double y, Double m)
Creates a Point with an x, y, and m coordinate.
16.6.1.16. st_makePolygon¶
Polygon st_makePolygon(LineString shell)
Creates a Polygon formed by the given LineString shell, which must be closed.
16.6.1.17. st_point¶
Point st_point(Double x, Double y)
Returns a Point with the given coordinate values. This is an OGC alias for st_makePoint.
16.6.1.18. st_pointFromGeoHash¶
Point st_pointFromGeoHash(String geohash, Int prec)
Return the Point at the geometric center of the bounding box defined by the Geohash string geohash
(base-32 encoded) with a precision of prec bits. See Geohash for more information on Geohashes.
16.6.1.19. st_pointFromText¶
Point st_pointFromText(String wkt)
Creates a Point corresponding to the given WKT representation.
16.6.1.20. st_pointFromWKB¶
Point st_pointFromWKB(Array[Byte] wkb)
Creates a Point corresponding to the given WKB representation.
16.6.1.21. st_polygon¶
Polygon st_polygon(LineString shell)
Creates a Polygon formed by the given LineString shell, which must be closed.
16.6.1.22. st_polygonFromText¶
Polygon st_polygonFromText(String wkt)
Creates a Polygon corresponding to the given WKT representation.
16.6.2. Geometry Accessors¶
16.6.2.1. st_boundary¶
Geometry st_boundary(Geometry geom)
Returns the boundary, or an empty geometry of appropriate dimension, if geom is empty.
16.6.2.2. st_coordDim¶
Int st_coordDim(Geometry geom)
Returns the number of dimensions of the coordinates of Geometry geom.
16.6.2.3. st_dimension¶
Int st_dimension(Geometry geom)
Returns the inherent number of dimensions of this Geometry object, which must be less than or equal to the
coordinate dimension.
16.6.2.4. st_envelope¶
Geometry st_envelope(Geometry geom)
Returns a Geometry representing the bounding box of geom.
16.6.2.5. st_exteriorRing¶
LineString st_exteriorRing(Geometry geom)
Returns a LineString representing the exterior ring of the geometry; returns null if the Geometry is not
a Polygon.
16.6.2.6. st_geometryN¶
Int st_geometryN(Geometry geom, Int n)
Returns the n-th Geometry (1-based index) of geom if the Geometry is a GeometryCollection, or
geom if it is not.
16.6.2.7. st_interiorRingN¶
Int st_interiorRingN(Geometry geom, Int n)
Returns the n-th interior LineString ring of the Polygon geom. Returns null if the geometry is not
a Polygon or the given n is out of range.
16.6.2.8. st_isClosed¶
Boolean st_isClosed(Geometry geom)
Returns true if geom is a LineString or MultiLineString and its start and end points are coincident.
Returns true for all other Geometry types.
16.6.2.9. st_isCollection¶
Boolean st_isCollection(Geometry geom)
Returns true if geom is a GeometryCollection.
16.6.2.11. st_isRing¶
Boolean st_isRing(Geometry geom)
Returns true if geom is a LineString or a MultiLineString and is both closed and simple.
16.6.2.12. st_isSimple¶
Boolean st_isSimple(Geometry geom)
Returns true if geom has no anomalous geometric points, such as self intersection or self tangency.
16.6.2.13. st_isValid¶
Boolean st_isValid(Geometry geom)
Returns true if the Geometry is topologically valid according to the OGC SFS specification.
16.6.2.14. st_numGeometries¶
Int st_numGeometries(Geometry geom)
If geom is a GeometryCollection, returns the number of geometries. For single geometries, returns 1,
16.6.2.15. st_numPoints¶
Int st_numPoints(Geometry geom)
Returns the number of vertices in Geometry geom.
16.6.2.16. st_pointN¶
Point st_pointN(Geometry geom, Int n)
If geom is a LineString, returns the n-th vertex of geom as a Point. Negative values are counted
backwards from the end of the LineString. Returns null if geom is not a LineString.
16.6.2.17. st_x¶
Float st_X(Geometry geom)
If geom is a Point, return the X coordinate of that point.
16.6.2.18. st_y¶
Float st_y(Geometry geom)
If geom is a Point, return the Y coordinate of that point.
16.6.3. Geometry Cast¶
16.6.3.1. st_castToLineString¶
LineString st_castToLineString(Geometry g)
Casts Geometry g to a LineString.
16.6.3.4. st_byteArray¶
Array[Byte] st_byteArray(String s)
Encodes string s into an array of bytes using the UTF-8 charset.
16.6.4. Geometry Editors¶
16.6.4.1. st_translate¶
Geometry st_translate(Geometry geom, Double deltaX, Double deltaY)
Returns the Geometry produced when geom is translated by deltaX and deltaY.
16.6.5. Geometry Outputs¶
16.6.5.1. st_asBinary¶
Array[Byte] st_asBinary(Geometry geom)
Returns Geometry geom in WKB representation.
16.6.5.2. st_asGeoJSON¶
String st_asGeoJSON(Geometry geom)
Returns Geometry geom in GeoJSON representation.
16.6.5.3. st_asLatLonText¶
String st_asLatLonText(Point p)
Returns a String describing the latitude and longitude of Point p in degrees, minutes, and seconds.
(This presumes that the units of the coordinates of p are latitude and longitude.)
16.6.5.5. st_geoHash¶
String st_geoHash(Geometry geom, Int prec)
Returns the Geohash (in base-32 representation) of an interior point of Geometry geom. See Geohash for more information on Geohashes.
16.6.6. Spatial Relationships¶
16.6.6.1. st_area¶
Double st_area(Geometry g)
If Geometry g is areal, returns the area of its surface in square units of the coordinate reference system
(for example, degrees^2 for EPSG:4326). Returns 0.0 for non-areal geometries (e.g. Points, non-closed
LineStrings, etc.).
16.6.6.3. st_closestPoint¶
Point st_closestPoint(Geometry a, Geometry b)
Returns the Point on a that is closest to b. This is the first point of the shortest line.
16.6.6.4. st_contains¶
Boolean st_contains(Geometry a, Geometry b)
Returns true if and only if no points of b lie in the exterior of a, and at least one point of the interior of b lies in the interior of a.
16.6.6.5. st_covers¶
Boolean st_covers(Geometry a, Geometry b)
Returns true if no point in Geometry b is outside Geometry a.
16.6.6.6. st_crosses¶
Boolean st_crosses(Geometry a, Geometry b)
Returns true if the supplied geometries have some, but not all, interior points in common.
16.6.6.7. st_disjoint¶
Boolean st_disjoint(Geometry a, Geometry b)
Returns true if the geometries do not “spatially intersect”; i.e., they do not share any space together. Equivalent
to NOT st_intersects(a, b).
16.6.6.8. st_distance¶
Double st_distance(Geometry a, Geometry b)
Returns the 2D Cartesian distance between the two geometries in units of the coordinate reference system (e.g. degrees for EPSG:4236).
16.6.6.9. st_distanceSphere¶
Double st_distanceSphere(Geometry a, Geometry b)
Approximates the minimum distance between two longitude/latitude geometries assuming a spherical earth.
16.6.6.10. st_distanceSpheroid¶
Double st_distanceSpheroid(Geometry a, Geometry b)
Returns the minimum distance between two longitude/latitude geometries assuming the WGS84 spheroid.
16.6.6.11. st_equals¶
Boolean st_equals(Geometry a, Geometry b)
Returns true if the given Geometries represent the same logical Geometry. Directionality is ignored.
16.6.6.12. st_intersects¶
Boolean st_intersects(Geometry a, Geometry b)
Returns true if the geometries spatially intersect in 2D (i.e. share any portion of space). Equivalent to
NOT st_disjoint(a, b).
16.6.6.13. st_length¶
Double st_length(Geometry geom)
Returns the 2D path length of linear geometries, or perimeter of areal geometries, in units of the the coordinate reference system (e.g. degrees for EPSG:4236). Returns 0.0 for other geometry types (e.g. Point).
16.6.6.14. st_lengthSphere¶
Double st_lengthSphere(LineString line)
Approximates the 2D path length of a LineString geometry using a spherical earth model. The returned length is
in units of meters. The approximation is within 0.3% of st_lengthSpheroid and is computationally more efficient.
16.6.6.15. st_lengthSpheroid¶
Double st_lengthSpheroid(LineString line)
Calculates the 2D path length of a LineString geometry defined with longitude/latitude coordinates on the WGS84
spheroid. The returned length is in units of meters.
16.6.6.16. st_overlaps¶
Boolean st_overlaps(Geometry a, Geometry b)
Returns true if the geometries have some but not all points in common, are of the same dimension, and the intersection of the interiors of the two geometries has the same dimension as the geometries themselves.
16.6.6.17. st_relate¶
String st_relate(Geometry a, Geometry b)
Returns the DE-9IM 3x3 interaction matrix pattern describing the dimensionality of the intersections between the interior, boundary and exterior of the two geometries.
16.6.6.18. st_relateBool¶
Boolean st_relateBool(Geometry a, Geometry b, String mask)
Returns true if the DE-9IM interaction matrix mask mask matches the interaction matrix pattern obtained from
st_relate(a, b).
16.6.6.19. st_touches¶
Boolean st_touches(Geometry a, Geometry b)
Returns true if the geometries have at least one point in common, but their interiors do not intersect.
16.6.6.20. st_within¶
Boolean st_within(Geometry a, Geometry b)
Returns true if geometry a is completely inside geometry b.
16.6.7. Geometry Processing¶
16.6.7.1. st_antimeridianSafeGeom¶
Geometry st_antimeridianSafeGeom(Geometry geom)
If geom spans the antimeridian, attempt to convert the geometry into an equivalent form that is
“antimeridian-safe” (i.e. the output geometry is covered by BOX(-180 -90, 180 90)). In certain circumstances,
this method may fail, in which case the input geometry will be returned and an error will be logged.
16.6.7.2. st_bufferPoint¶
Geometry st_bufferPoint(Point p, Double buffer)
Returns a Geometry covering all points within a given radius of Point p, where radius is given in meters.
16.6.7.3. st_convexHull¶
Geometry st_convexHull(Geometry geom)
Aggregate function. The convex hull of a geometry represents the minimum convex geometry that encloses all geometries geom in the aggregated rows.