Spatial

This section describes the following spatial functions:

Function	Description
ST_DISTANCE	Calculates the two-dimensional cartesian minimum distance between two WKT formatted geometries in the units of the inputs
ST_WGS84_DISTANCE	Calculates the distance between two WKT formatted points in meters in the WGS84 projection
WKT_SPATIAL_CONTAINS	Checks if the first WKT formatted spatial object contains the second
WKT_SPATIAL_INTERSECT	Checks if the WKT formatted spatial objects intersect

Function

Description

Calculates the two-dimensional cartesian minimum distance between two WKT formatted geometries in the units of the inputs

Calculates the distance between two WKT formatted points in meters in the WGS84 projection

Checks if the first WKT formatted spatial object contains the second

Checks if the WKT formatted spatial objects intersect