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# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE.
# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
#
#, fuzzy
msgid ""
msgstr ""
"Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: http://bugs.kde.org\n"
"POT-Creation-Date: 2016-07-04 13:02+0000\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <kde-i18n-doc@kde.org>\n"
"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"

#. Tag: title
#: reference_constructor.xml:3
#, no-c-format
msgid "Geometry Constructors"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:6
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_BdPolyFromText"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:8
#, no-c-format
msgid "<refpurpose>Construct a Polygon given an arbitrary collection of closed linestrings as a MultiLineString Well-Known text representation.</refpurpose>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcprototype
#: reference_constructor.xml:14
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcdef>geometry <function>ST_BdPolyFromText</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>WKT</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef><type>integer </type> <parameter>srid</parameter></paramdef>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: title
#: reference_constructor.xml:23 reference_constructor.xml:72 reference_constructor.xml:123 reference_constructor.xml:159 reference_constructor.xml:188 reference_constructor.xml:215 reference_constructor.xml:258 reference_constructor.xml:303 reference_constructor.xml:354 reference_constructor.xml:402 reference_constructor.xml:445 reference_constructor.xml:474 reference_constructor.xml:517 reference_constructor.xml:591 reference_constructor.xml:630 reference_constructor.xml:681 reference_constructor.xml:713 reference_constructor.xml:766 reference_constructor.xml:814 reference_constructor.xml:852 reference_constructor.xml:897 reference_constructor.xml:956 reference_constructor.xml:1024 reference_constructor.xml:1084 reference_constructor.xml:1123 reference_constructor.xml:1180 reference_constructor.xml:1255 reference_constructor.xml:1300 reference_constructor.xml:1382 reference_constructor.xml:1425 reference_constructor.xml:1467 reference_constructor.xml:1528 reference_constructor.xml:1589 reference_constructor.xml:1643 reference_constructor.xml:1694 reference_constructor.xml:1737 reference_constructor.xml:1793 reference_constructor.xml:1842 reference_constructor.xml:1896 reference_constructor.xml:1939 reference_constructor.xml:1962
#, no-c-format
msgid "Description"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:25
#, no-c-format
msgid "<para>Construct a Polygon given an arbitrary collection of closed linestrings as a MultiLineString Well-Known text representation.</para>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:30
#, no-c-format
msgid "Throws an error if WKT is not a MULTILINESTRING. Throws an error if output is a MULTIPOLYGON; use ST_BdMPolyFromText in that case, or see ST_BuildArea() for a postgis-specific approach."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:36 reference_constructor.xml:88 reference_constructor.xml:317 reference_constructor.xml:913 reference_constructor.xml:981 reference_constructor.xml:1047 reference_constructor.xml:1483 reference_constructor.xml:1605 reference_constructor.xml:1907
#, no-c-format
msgid "&sfs_compliant; s3.2.6.2"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:38 reference_constructor.xml:90
#, no-c-format
msgid "Availability: 1.1.0 - requires GEOS &gt;= 2.1.0."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: title
#: reference_constructor.xml:42 reference_constructor.xml:94 reference_constructor.xml:135 reference_constructor.xml:165 reference_constructor.xml:230 reference_constructor.xml:267 reference_constructor.xml:324 reference_constructor.xml:368 reference_constructor.xml:416 reference_constructor.xml:486 reference_constructor.xml:602 reference_constructor.xml:734 reference_constructor.xml:782 reference_constructor.xml:822 reference_constructor.xml:860 reference_constructor.xml:920 reference_constructor.xml:988 reference_constructor.xml:1052 reference_constructor.xml:1092 reference_constructor.xml:1139 reference_constructor.xml:1397 reference_constructor.xml:1432 reference_constructor.xml:1490 reference_constructor.xml:1551 reference_constructor.xml:1612 reference_constructor.xml:1706 reference_constructor.xml:1761 reference_constructor.xml:1811 reference_constructor.xml:1860 reference_constructor.xml:1912
#, no-c-format
msgid "Examples"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:44 reference_constructor.xml:96
#, no-c-format
msgid "Forthcoming"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: title
#: reference_constructor.xml:48 reference_constructor.xml:100 reference_constructor.xml:139 reference_constructor.xml:169 reference_constructor.xml:193 reference_constructor.xml:235 reference_constructor.xml:272 reference_constructor.xml:331 reference_constructor.xml:381 reference_constructor.xml:422 reference_constructor.xml:450 reference_constructor.xml:490 reference_constructor.xml:570 reference_constructor.xml:609 reference_constructor.xml:657 reference_constructor.xml:688 reference_constructor.xml:738 reference_constructor.xml:789 reference_constructor.xml:829 reference_constructor.xml:867 reference_constructor.xml:927 reference_constructor.xml:995 reference_constructor.xml:1059 reference_constructor.xml:1099 reference_constructor.xml:1146 reference_constructor.xml:1227 reference_constructor.xml:1270 reference_constructor.xml:1334 reference_constructor.xml:1401 reference_constructor.xml:1438 reference_constructor.xml:1497 reference_constructor.xml:1558 reference_constructor.xml:1619 reference_constructor.xml:1670 reference_constructor.xml:1710 reference_constructor.xml:1765 reference_constructor.xml:1818 reference_constructor.xml:1867 reference_constructor.xml:1919 reference_constructor.xml:1943 reference_constructor.xml:1966
#, no-c-format
msgid "See Also"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:49
#, no-c-format
msgid ", <xref linkend=\"ST_BdMPolyFromText\"/>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:55
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_BdMPolyFromText"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:56
#, no-c-format
msgid "Construct a MultiPolygon given an arbitrary collection of closed linestrings as a MultiLineString text representation Well-Known text representation."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcprototype
#: reference_constructor.xml:63
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcdef>geometry <function>ST_BdMPolyFromText</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>WKT</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef><type>integer </type> <parameter>srid</parameter></paramdef>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:74
#, no-c-format
msgid "Construct a Polygon given an arbitrary collection of closed linestrings, polygons, MultiLineStrings as Well-Known text representation."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:79
#, no-c-format
msgid "Throws an error if WKT is not a MULTILINESTRING. Forces MULTIPOLYGON output even when result is really only composed by a single POLYGON; use <link linkend=\"ST_BdPolyFromText\">ST_BdPolyFromText</link> if you're sure a single POLYGON will result from operation, or see <link linkend=\"ST_BuildArea\">ST_BuildArea()</link> for a postgis-specific approach."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:101
#, no-c-format
msgid ", <xref linkend=\"ST_BdPolyFromText\"/>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:107
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_Box2dFromGeoHash"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:109
#, no-c-format
msgid "<refpurpose>Return a BOX2D from a GeoHash string.</refpurpose>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcprototype
#: reference_constructor.xml:114
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcdef>box2d <function>ST_Box2dFromGeoHash</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>geohash</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef choice=\"opt\"><type>integer </type> <parameter>precision=full_precision_of_geohash</parameter></paramdef>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:125
#, no-c-format
msgid "<para>Return a BOX2D from a GeoHash string.</para>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:127
#, no-c-format
msgid "If no <varname>precision</varname> is specficified ST_Box2dFromGeoHash returns a BOX2D based on full precision of the input GeoHash string."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:129
#, no-c-format
msgid "If <varname>precision</varname> is specified ST_Box2dFromGeoHash will use that many characters from the GeoHash to create the BOX2D. Lower precision values results in larger BOX2Ds and larger values increase the precision."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:131 reference_constructor.xml:482 reference_constructor.xml:1702
#, no-c-format
msgid "Availability: 2.1.0"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:136
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "<![CDATA[SELECT ST_Box2dFromGeoHash('9qqj7nmxncgyy4d0dbxqz0');\n"
      "\n"
      "                st_geomfromgeohash\n"
      "--------------------------------------------------\n"
      " BOX(-115.172816 36.114646,-115.172816 36.114646)\n"
      "\n"
      "SELECT ST_Box2dFromGeoHash('9qqj7nmxncgyy4d0dbxqz0', 0);\n"
      "\n"
      " st_box2dfromgeohash\n"
      "----------------------\n"
      " BOX(-180 -90,180 90)\n"
      "\n"
      " SELECT ST_Box2dFromGeoHash('9qqj7nmxncgyy4d0dbxqz0', 10);\n"
      "                            st_box2dfromgeohash\n"
      "---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n"
      " BOX(-115.17282128334 36.1146408319473,-115.172810554504 36.1146461963654)\n"
      "                ]]>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:141
#, no-c-format
msgid ", <xref linkend=\"ST_GeomFromGeoHash\"/>, <xref linkend=\"ST_PointFromGeoHash\"/>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:147
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_GeogFromText"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:148 reference_constructor.xml:177
#, no-c-format
msgid "Return a specified geography value from Well-Known Text representation or extended (WKT)."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcprototype
#: reference_constructor.xml:152
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcdef>geography <function>ST_GeogFromText</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>EWKT</parameter></paramdef>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:160
#, no-c-format
msgid "Returns a geography object from the well-known text or extended well-known representation. SRID 4326 is assumed if unspecified. This is an alias for ST_GeographyFromText. Points are always expressed in long lat form."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:166
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "--- converting lon lat coords to geography\n"
      "ALTER TABLE sometable ADD COLUMN geog geography(POINT,4326);\n"
      "UPDATE sometable SET geog = ST_GeogFromText('SRID=4326;POINT(' || lon || ' ' || lat || ')');\n"
      "\n"
      "--- specify a geography point using EPSG:4267, NAD27\n"
      "SELECT ST_AsEWKT(ST_GeogFromText('SRID=4267;POINT(-77.0092 38.889588)'));"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:170
#, no-c-format
msgid ", <xref linkend=\"ST_GeographyFromText\"/>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:176
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_GeographyFromText"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcprototype
#: reference_constructor.xml:181
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcdef>geography <function>ST_GeographyFromText</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>EWKT</parameter></paramdef>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:189
#, no-c-format
msgid "Returns a geography object from the well-known text representation. SRID 4326 is assumed if unspecified."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:194
#, no-c-format
msgid ", <xref linkend=\"ST_AsText\"/>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:200
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_GeogFromWKB"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:201
#, no-c-format
msgid "Creates a geography instance from a Well-Known Binary geometry representation (WKB) or extended Well Known Binary (EWKB)."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcprototype
#: reference_constructor.xml:207
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcdef>geography <function>ST_GeogFromWKB</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>bytea </type> <parameter>wkb</parameter></paramdef>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:217
#, no-c-format
msgid "The <varname>ST_GeogFromWKB</varname> function, takes a well-known binary representation (WKB) of a geometry or PostGIS Extended WKB and creates an instance of the appropriate geography type. This function plays the role of the Geometry Factory in SQL."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:222
#, no-c-format
msgid "If SRID is not specified, it defaults to 4326 (WGS 84 long lat)."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:224 reference_constructor.xml:362 reference_constructor.xml:410 reference_constructor.xml:727 reference_constructor.xml:777 reference_constructor.xml:1807
#, no-c-format
msgid "&curve_support;"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:232
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "--Although bytea rep contains single \\, these need to be escaped when inserting into a table\n"
      "SELECT ST_AsText(\n"
      "ST_GeogFromWKB(E'\\\\001\\\\002\\\\000\\\\000\\\\000\\\\002\\\\000\\\\000\\\\000\\\\037\\\\205\\\\353Q\\\\270~\\\\\\\\\\\\300\\\\323Mb\\\\020X\\\\231C@\\\\020X9\\\\264\\\\310~\\\\\\\\\\\\300)\\\\\\\\\\\\217\\\\302\\\\365\\\\230C@')\n"
      ");\n"
      "                                          st_astext\n"
      "------------------------------------------------------\n"
      " LINESTRING(-113.98 39.198,-113.981 39.195)\n"
      "(1 row)"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:237
#, no-c-format
msgid ", <xref linkend=\"ST_AsBinary\"/>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:243
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_GeomFromTWKB"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:244
#, no-c-format
msgid "Creates a geometry instance from a TWKB (\"<ulink url=\"https://github.com/TWKB/Specification/blob/master/twkb.md\">Tiny Well-Known Binary</ulink>\") geometry representation."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcprototype
#: reference_constructor.xml:250
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcdef>geometry <function>ST_GeomFromTWKB</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>bytea </type> <parameter>twkb</parameter></paramdef>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:260
#, no-c-format
msgid "The <varname>ST_GeomFromTWKB</varname> function, takes a a TWKB (\"<ulink url=\"https://github.com/TWKB/Specification/blob/master/twkb.md\">Tiny Well-Known Binary</ulink>\") geometry representation (WKB) and creates an instance of the appropriate geometry type."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:269
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "SELECT ST_AsText(ST_GeomFromTWKB(ST_AsTWKB('LINESTRING(126 34, 127 35)'::geometry)));\n"
      "\n"
      "         st_astext\n"
      "-----------------------------\n"
      " LINESTRING(126 34, 127 35)\n"
      "(1 row)\n"
      "\n"
      "\n"
      "SELECT ST_AsEWKT(\n"
      "  ST_GeomFromTWKB(E'\\\\x620002f7f40dbce4040105')\n"
      ");\n"
      "                                          st_asewkt\n"
      "------------------------------------------------------\n"
      "LINESTRING(-113.98 39.198,-113.981 39.195)\n"
      "(1 row)"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:280
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_GeomCollFromText"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:282
#, no-c-format
msgid "Makes a collection Geometry from collection WKT with the given SRID. If SRID is not give, it defaults to 0."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcsynopsis
#: reference_constructor.xml:287
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcprototype> <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_GeomCollFromText</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>WKT</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef><type>integer </type> <parameter>srid</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype> <funcprototype> <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_GeomCollFromText</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>WKT</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:305
#, no-c-format
msgid "Makes a collection Geometry from the Well-Known-Text (WKT) representation with the given SRID. If SRID is not give, it defaults to 0."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:308 reference_constructor.xml:1472 reference_constructor.xml:1533 reference_constructor.xml:1594 reference_constructor.xml:1902
#, no-c-format
msgid "OGC SPEC 3.2.6.2 - option SRID is from the conformance suite"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:310
#, no-c-format
msgid "Returns null if the WKT is not a GEOMETRYCOLLECTION"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:312
#, no-c-format
msgid "If you are absolutely sure all your WKT geometries are collections, don't use this function. It is slower than ST_GeomFromText since it adds an additional validation step."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:318
#, no-c-format
msgid "&sqlmm_compliant;"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:326
#, no-c-format
msgid "SELECT ST_GeomCollFromText('GEOMETRYCOLLECTION(POINT(1 2),LINESTRING(1 2, 3 4))');"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:333 reference_constructor.xml:1621
#, no-c-format
msgid ", <xref linkend=\"ST_SRID\"/>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:340
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_GeomFromEWKB"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:341
#, no-c-format
msgid "Return a specified ST_Geometry value from Extended Well-Known Binary representation (EWKB)."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcprototype
#: reference_constructor.xml:346
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcdef>geometry <function>ST_GeomFromEWKB</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>bytea </type> <parameter>EWKB</parameter></paramdef>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:355
#, no-c-format
msgid "Constructs a PostGIS ST_Geometry object from the OGC Extended Well-Known binary (EWKT) representation."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:357
#, no-c-format
msgid "The EWKB format is not an OGC standard, but a PostGIS specific format that includes the spatial reference system (SRID) identifier"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:360 reference_constructor.xml:408 reference_constructor.xml:537 reference_constructor.xml:684
#, no-c-format
msgid "Enhanced: 2.0.0 support for Polyhedral surfaces and TIN was introduced."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:361 reference_constructor.xml:409 reference_constructor.xml:539 reference_constructor.xml:598 reference_constructor.xml:644 reference_constructor.xml:855 reference_constructor.xml:1194 reference_constructor.xml:1312 reference_constructor.xml:1392 reference_constructor.xml:1806 reference_constructor.xml:1854
#, no-c-format
msgid "&Z_support;"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:363 reference_constructor.xml:411 reference_constructor.xml:540
#, no-c-format
msgid "&P_support;"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:364 reference_constructor.xml:412 reference_constructor.xml:541
#, no-c-format
msgid "&T_support;"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:369
#, no-c-format
msgid "line string binary rep 0f LINESTRING(-71.160281 42.258729,-71.160837 42.259113,-71.161144 42.25932) in NAD 83 long lat (4269)."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:371
#, no-c-format
msgid "NOTE: Even though byte arrays are delimited with \\ and may have ', we need to escape both out with \\ and '' if standard_conforming_strings is off. So it does not look exactly like its AsEWKB representation."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:373
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "SELECT ST_GeomFromEWKB(E'\\\\001\\\\002\\\\000\\\\000 \\\\255\\\\020\\\\000\\\\000\\\\003\\\\000\\\\000\\\\000\\\\344J=\n"
      "\\\\013B\\\\312Q\\\\300n\\\\303(\\\\010\\\\036!E@''\\\\277E''K\n"
      "\\\\312Q\\\\300\\\\366{b\\\\235*!E@\\\\225|\\\\354.P\\\\312Q\n"
      "\\\\300p\\\\231\\\\323e1!E@');"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:375
#, no-c-format
msgid "In PostgreSQL 9.1+ - standard_conforming_strings is set to on by default, where as in past versions it was set to on. You can change defaults as needed for a single query or at the database or server level. Below is how you would do it with standard_conforming_strings = on. In this case we escape the ' with standard ansi ', but slashes are not escaped"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:378
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "set standard_conforming_strings = on;\n"
      "SELECT ST_GeomFromEWKB('\\001\\002\\000\\000 \\255\\020\\000\\000\\003\\000\\000\\000\\344J=\\012\\013B\n"
      "    \\312Q\\300n\\303(\\010\\036!E@''\\277E''K\\012\\312Q\\300\\366{b\\235*!E@\\225|\\354.P\\312Q\\012\\300p\\231\\323e1')"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:382
#, no-c-format
msgid ", <xref linkend=\"ST_AsEWKB\"/>, <xref linkend=\"ST_GeomFromWKB\"/>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:388
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_GeomFromEWKT"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:389
#, no-c-format
msgid "Return a specified ST_Geometry value from Extended Well-Known Text representation (EWKT)."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcprototype
#: reference_constructor.xml:394
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcdef>geometry <function>ST_GeomFromEWKT</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>EWKT</parameter></paramdef>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:403
#, no-c-format
msgid "Constructs a PostGIS ST_Geometry object from the OGC Extended Well-Known text (EWKT) representation."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:405
#, no-c-format
msgid "The EWKT format is not an OGC standard, but an PostGIS specific format that includes the spatial reference system (SRID) identifier"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:417
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "SELECT ST_GeomFromEWKT('SRID=4269;LINESTRING(-71.160281 42.258729,-71.160837 42.259113,-71.161144 42.25932)');\n"
      "SELECT ST_GeomFromEWKT('SRID=4269;MULTILINESTRING((-71.160281 42.258729,-71.160837 42.259113,-71.161144 42.25932))');\n"
      "\n"
      "SELECT ST_GeomFromEWKT('SRID=4269;POINT(-71.064544 42.28787)');\n"
      "\n"
      "SELECT ST_GeomFromEWKT('SRID=4269;POLYGON((-71.1776585052917 42.3902909739571,-71.1776820268866 42.3903701743239,\n"
      "-71.1776063012595 42.3903825660754,-71.1775826583081 42.3903033653531,-71.1776585052917 42.3902909739571))');\n"
      "\n"
      "SELECT ST_GeomFromEWKT('SRID=4269;MULTIPOLYGON(((-71.1031880899493 42.3152774590236,\n"
      "-71.1031627617667 42.3152960829043,-71.102923838298 42.3149156848307,\n"
      "-71.1023097974109 42.3151969047397,-71.1019285062273 42.3147384934248,\n"
      "-71.102505233663 42.3144722937587,-71.10277487471 42.3141658254797,\n"
      "-71.103113945163 42.3142739188902,-71.10324876416 42.31402489987,\n"
      "-71.1033002961013 42.3140393340215,-71.1033488797549 42.3139495090772,\n"
      "-71.103396240451 42.3138632439557,-71.1041521907712 42.3141153348029,\n"
      "-71.1041411411543 42.3141545014533,-71.1041287795912 42.3142114839058,\n"
      "-71.1041188134329 42.3142693656241,-71.1041112482575 42.3143272556118,\n"
      "-71.1041072845732 42.3143851580048,-71.1041057218871 42.3144430686681,\n"
      "-71.1041065602059 42.3145009876017,-71.1041097995362 42.3145589148055,\n"
      "-71.1041166403905 42.3146168544148,-71.1041258822717 42.3146748022936,\n"
      "-71.1041375307579 42.3147318674446,-71.1041492906949 42.3147711126569,\n"
      "-71.1041598612795 42.314808571739,-71.1042515013869 42.3151287620809,\n"
      "-71.1041173835118 42.3150739481917,-71.1040809891419 42.3151344119048,\n"
      "-71.1040438678912 42.3151191367447,-71.1040194562988 42.3151832057859,\n"
      "-71.1038734225584 42.3151140942995,-71.1038446938243 42.3151006300338,\n"
      "-71.1038315271889 42.315094347535,-71.1037393329282 42.315054824985,\n"
      "-71.1035447555574 42.3152608696313,-71.1033436658644 42.3151648370544,\n"
      "-71.1032580383161 42.3152269126061,-71.103223066939 42.3152517403219,\n"
      "-71.1031880899493 42.3152774590236)),\n"
      "((-71.1043632495873 42.315113108546,-71.1043583974082 42.3151211109857,\n"
      "-71.1043443253471 42.3150676015829,-71.1043850704575 42.3150793250568,-71.1043632495873 42.315113108546)))');"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:418
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "--3d circular string\n"
      "SELECT ST_GeomFromEWKT('CIRCULARSTRING(220268 150415 1,220227 150505 2,220227 150406 3)');"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:419
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "--Polyhedral Surface example\n"
      "SELECT ST_GeomFromEWKT('POLYHEDRALSURFACE(\n"
      "        ((0 0 0, 0 0 1, 0 1 1, 0 1 0, 0 0 0)),\n"
      "        ((0 0 0, 0 1 0, 1 1 0, 1 0 0, 0 0 0)),\n"
      "        ((0 0 0, 1 0 0, 1 0 1, 0 0 1, 0 0 0)),\n"
      "        ((1 1 0, 1 1 1, 1 0 1, 1 0 0, 1 1 0)),\n"
      "        ((0 1 0, 0 1 1, 1 1 1, 1 1 0, 0 1 0)),\n"
      "        ((0 0 1, 1 0 1, 1 1 1, 0 1 1, 0 0 1))\n"
      ")');"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:423
#, no-c-format
msgid ", <xref linkend=\"ST_GeomFromText\"/>, <xref linkend=\"ST_GeomFromEWKT\"/>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:428
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_GeometryFromText"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:429 reference_constructor.xml:1951
#, no-c-format
msgid "Return a specified ST_Geometry value from Well-Known Text representation (WKT). This is an alias name for ST_GeomFromText"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcsynopsis
#: reference_constructor.xml:432
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcprototype> <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_GeometryFromText</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>WKT</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype> <funcprototype> <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_GeometryFromText</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>WKT</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef><type>integer </type> <parameter>srid</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:446 reference_constructor.xml:1852
#, no-c-format
msgid "&sfs_compliant;"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:447 reference_constructor.xml:726
#, no-c-format
msgid "&sqlmm_compliant; SQL-MM 3: 5.1.40"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:458
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_GeomFromGeoHash"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:460
#, no-c-format
msgid "Return a geometry from a GeoHash string."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcprototype
#: reference_constructor.xml:465
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcdef>geometry <function>ST_GeomFromGeoHash</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>geohash</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef choice=\"opt\"><type>integer </type> <parameter>precision=full_precision_of_geohash</parameter></paramdef>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:476
#, no-c-format
msgid "Return a geometry from a GeoHash string. The geometry will be a polygon representing the GeoHash bounds."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:478
#, no-c-format
msgid "If no <varname>precision</varname> is specified ST_GeomFromGeoHash returns a polygon based on full precision of the input GeoHash string."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:480
#, no-c-format
msgid "If <varname>precision</varname> is specified ST_GeomFromGeoHash will use that many characters from the GeoHash to create the polygon."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:487
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "<![CDATA[SELECT ST_AsText(ST_GeomFromGeoHash('9qqj7nmxncgyy4d0dbxqz0'));\n"
      "                                                        st_astext\n"
      "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n"
      " POLYGON((-115.172816 36.114646,-115.172816 36.114646,-115.172816 36.114646,-115.172816 36.114646,-115.172816 36.114646))\n"
      "\n"
      "SELECT ST_AsText(ST_GeomFromGeoHash('9qqj7nmxncgyy4d0dbxqz0', 4));\n"
      "                                                          st_astext\n"
      "------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n"
      " POLYGON((-115.3125 36.03515625,-115.3125 36.2109375,-114.9609375 36.2109375,-114.9609375 36.03515625,-115.3125 36.03515625))\n"
      "\n"
      "SELECT ST_AsText(ST_GeomFromGeoHash('9qqj7nmxncgyy4d0dbxqz0', 10));\n"
      "                                                                                       st_astext\n"
      "----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n"
      " POLYGON((-115.17282128334 36.1146408319473,-115.17282128334 36.1146461963654,-115.172810554504 36.1146461963654,-115.172810554504 36.1146408319473,-115.17282128334 36.1146408319473))\n"
      "                ]]>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:492
#, no-c-format
msgid ",<xref linkend=\"ST_Box2dFromGeoHash\"/>, <xref linkend=\"ST_PointFromGeoHash\"/>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:498
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_GeomFromGML"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:499
#, no-c-format
msgid "Takes as input GML representation of geometry and outputs a PostGIS geometry object"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcsynopsis
#: reference_constructor.xml:503
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcprototype> <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_GeomFromGML</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>geomgml</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype> <funcprototype> <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_GeomFromGML</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>geomgml</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef><type>integer </type> <parameter>srid</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:518
#, no-c-format
msgid "Constructs a PostGIS ST_Geometry object from the OGC GML representation."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:519
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_GeomFromGML works only for GML Geometry fragments. It throws an error if you try to use it on a whole GML document."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:520
#, no-c-format
msgid "OGC GML versions supported: <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para>GML 3.2.1 Namespace</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>GML 3.1.1 Simple Features profile SF-2 (with GML 3.1.0 and 3.0.0 backward compatibility)</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>GML 2.1.2</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> OGC GML standards, cf: <ulink url=\"http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/gml\">http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/gml</ulink>:"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:536 reference_constructor.xml:683
#, no-c-format
msgid "Availability: 1.5, requires libxml2 1.6+"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:538 reference_constructor.xml:685
#, no-c-format
msgid "Enhanced: 2.0.0 default srid optional parameter added."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:542
#, no-c-format
msgid "GML allow mixed dimensions (2D and 3D inside the same MultiGeometry for instance). As PostGIS geometries don't, ST_GeomFromGML convert the whole geometry to 2D if a missing Z dimension is found once."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:544
#, no-c-format
msgid "GML support mixed SRS inside the same MultiGeometry. As PostGIS geometries don't, ST_GeomFromGML, in this case, reproject all subgeometries to the SRS root node. If no srsName attribute available for the GML root node, the function throw an error."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:546
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_GeomFromGML function is not pedantic about an explicit GML namespace. You could avoid to mention it explicitly for common usages. But you need it if you want to use XLink feature inside GML."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:548
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_GeomFromGML function not support SQL/MM curves geometries."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: title
#: reference_constructor.xml:554 reference_constructor.xml:652
#, no-c-format
msgid "Examples - A single geometry with srsName"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:555
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "SELECT ST_GeomFromGML('<![CDATA[\n"
      "                <gml:LineString srsName=\"EPSG:4269\">\n"
      "                        <gml:coordinates>\n"
      "                                -71.16028,42.258729 -71.160837,42.259112 -71.161143,42.25932\n"
      "                        </gml:coordinates>\n"
      "                </gml:LineString>']]>);"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: title
#: reference_constructor.xml:559
#, no-c-format
msgid "Examples - XLink usage"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:560
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "SELECT <![CDATA[ST_GeomFromGML('\n"
      "                <gml:LineString xmlns:gml=\"http://www.opengis.net/gml\"\n"
      "                                xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\"\n"
      "                                srsName=\"urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4269\">\n"
      "                        <gml:pointProperty>\n"
      "                                <gml:Point gml:id=\"p1\"><gml:pos>42.258729 -71.16028</gml:pos></gml:Point>\n"
      "                        </gml:pointProperty>\n"
      "                        <gml:pos>42.259112 -71.160837</gml:pos>\n"
      "                        <gml:pointProperty>\n"
      "                                <gml:Point xlink:type=\"simple\" xlink:href=\"#p1\"/>\n"
      "                        </gml:pointProperty>\n"
      "                </gml:LineString>');]]>);"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: title
#: reference_constructor.xml:564
#, no-c-format
msgid "Examples - Polyhedral Surface"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:565
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "SELECT ST_AsEWKT(<![CDATA[ST_GeomFromGML('\n"
      "<gml:PolyhedralSurface>\n"
      "<gml:polygonPatches>\n"
      "  <gml:PolygonPatch>\n"
      "    <gml:exterior>\n"
      "      <gml:LinearRing><gml:posList srsDimension=\"3\">0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0</gml:posList></gml:LinearRing>\n"
      "    </gml:exterior>\n"
      "  </gml:PolygonPatch>\n"
      "  <gml:PolygonPatch>\n"
      "    <gml:exterior>\n"
      "        <gml:LinearRing><gml:posList srsDimension=\"3\">0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0</gml:posList></gml:LinearRing>\n"
      "    </gml:exterior>\n"
      "  </gml:PolygonPatch>\n"
      "  <gml:PolygonPatch>\n"
      "    <gml:exterior>\n"
      "        <gml:LinearRing><gml:posList srsDimension=\"3\">0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0</gml:posList></gml:LinearRing>\n"
      "    </gml:exterior>\n"
      "  </gml:PolygonPatch>\n"
      "  <gml:PolygonPatch>\n"
      "    <gml:exterior>\n"
      "        <gml:LinearRing><gml:posList srsDimension=\"3\">1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0</gml:posList></gml:LinearRing>\n"
      "    </gml:exterior>\n"
      "  </gml:PolygonPatch>\n"
      "  <gml:PolygonPatch>\n"
      "    <gml:exterior>\n"
      "        <gml:LinearRing><gml:posList srsDimension=\"3\">0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0</gml:posList></gml:LinearRing>\n"
      "    </gml:exterior>\n"
      "  </gml:PolygonPatch>\n"
      "  <gml:PolygonPatch>\n"
      "    <gml:exterior>\n"
      "        <gml:LinearRing><gml:posList srsDimension=\"3\">0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1</gml:posList></gml:LinearRing>\n"
      "    </gml:exterior>\n"
      "  </gml:PolygonPatch>\n"
      "</gml:polygonPatches>\n"
      "</gml:PolyhedralSurface>']]>));\n"
      "\n"
      "-- result --\n"
      " POLYHEDRALSURFACE(((0 0 0,0 0 1,0 1 1,0 1 0,0 0 0)),\n"
      " ((0 0 0,0 1 0,1 1 0,1 0 0,0 0 0)),\n"
      " ((0 0 0,1 0 0,1 0 1,0 0 1,0 0 0)),\n"
      " ((1 1 0,1 1 1,1 0 1,1 0 0,1 1 0)),\n"
      " ((0 1 0,0 1 1,1 1 1,1 1 0,0 1 0)),\n"
      " ((0 0 1,1 0 1,1 1 1,0 1 1,0 0 1)))"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:571
#, no-c-format
msgid ", <xref linkend=\"ST_AsGML\"/>, <xref linkend=\"ST_GMLToSQL\"/>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:577
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_GeomFromGeoJSON"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:578
#, no-c-format
msgid "Takes as input a geojson representation of a geometry and outputs a PostGIS geometry object"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcprototype
#: reference_constructor.xml:583
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcdef>geometry <function>ST_GeomFromGeoJSON</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>geomjson</parameter></paramdef>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:592
#, no-c-format
msgid "Constructs a PostGIS geometry object from the GeoJSON representation."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:593
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_GeomFromGeoJSON works only for JSON Geometry fragments. It throws an error if you try to use it on a whole JSON document."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:595
#, no-c-format
msgid "Availability: 2.0.0 requires - JSON-C &gt;= 0.9"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:596
#, no-c-format
msgid "If you do not have JSON-C enabled, support you will get an error notice instead of seeing an output. To enable JSON-C, run configure --with-jsondir=/path/to/json-c. See <xref linkend=\"installation_configuration\"/> for details."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:603
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "SELECT ST_AsText(ST_GeomFromGeoJSON('{\"type\":\"Point\",\"coordinates\":[-48.23456,20.12345]}')) As wkt;\n"
      "wkt\n"
      "------\n"
      "POINT(-48.23456 20.12345)"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:604
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "-- a 3D linestring\n"
      "SELECT ST_AsText(ST_GeomFromGeoJSON('{\"type\":\"LineString\",\"coordinates\":[[1,2,3],[4,5,6],[7,8,9]]}')) As wkt;\n"
      "\n"
      "wkt\n"
      "-------------------\n"
      "LINESTRING(1 2,4 5,7 8)"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:610
#, no-c-format
msgid ", <xref linkend=\"ST_AsGeoJSON\"/>, <xref linkend=\"installation_configuration\"/>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:616
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_GeomFromKML"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:617
#, no-c-format
msgid "Takes as input KML representation of geometry and outputs a PostGIS geometry object"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcprototype
#: reference_constructor.xml:622
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcdef>geometry <function>ST_GeomFromKML</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>geomkml</parameter></paramdef>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:631
#, no-c-format
msgid "Constructs a PostGIS ST_Geometry object from the OGC KML representation."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:632
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_GeomFromKML works only for KML Geometry fragments. It throws an error if you try to use it on a whole KML document."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:633
#, no-c-format
msgid "OGC KML versions supported: <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para>KML 2.2.0 Namespace</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> OGC KML standards, cf: <ulink url=\"http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/kml\">http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/kml</ulink>:"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:643
#, no-c-format
msgid "Availability: 1.5,libxml2 2.6+"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:646
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_GeomFromKML function not support SQL/MM curves geometries."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:653
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "SELECT ST_GeomFromKML('<![CDATA[\n"
      "                <LineString>\n"
      "                        <coordinates>-71.1663,42.2614\n"
      "                                -71.1667,42.2616</coordinates>\n"
      "                </LineString>']]>);"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:658
#, no-c-format
msgid ", <xref linkend=\"ST_AsKML\"/>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:664
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_GMLToSQL"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:665
#, no-c-format
msgid "Return a specified ST_Geometry value from GML representation. This is an alias name for ST_GeomFromGML"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcsynopsis
#: reference_constructor.xml:668
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcprototype> <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_GMLToSQL</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>geomgml</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype> <funcprototype> <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_GMLToSQL</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>geomgml</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef><type>integer </type> <parameter>srid</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:682
#, no-c-format
msgid "&sqlmm_compliant; SQL-MM 3: 5.1.50 (except for curves support)."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:689
#, no-c-format
msgid ", <xref linkend=\"ST_GeomFromGML\"/>, <xref linkend=\"ST_AsGML\"/>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:695
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_GeomFromText"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:696
#, no-c-format
msgid "Return a specified ST_Geometry value from Well-Known Text representation (WKT)."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcsynopsis
#: reference_constructor.xml:699
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcprototype> <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_GeomFromText</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>WKT</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype> <funcprototype> <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_GeomFromText</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>WKT</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef><type>integer </type> <parameter>srid</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:715
#, no-c-format
msgid "Constructs a PostGIS ST_Geometry object from the OGC Well-Known text representation."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:719
#, no-c-format
msgid "There are two variants of ST_GeomFromText function. The first takes no SRID and returns a geometry with no defined spatial reference system (SRID=0). The second takes a SRID as the second argument and returns a geometry that includes this SRID as part of its metadata."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:725 reference_constructor.xml:1756
#, no-c-format
msgid "&sfs_compliant; s3.2.6.2 - option SRID is from the conformance suite."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:728
#, no-c-format
msgid "Changed: 2.0.0 In prior versions of PostGIS ST_GeomFromText('GEOMETRYCOLLECTION(EMPTY)') was allowed. This is now illegal in PostGIS 2.0.0 to better conform with SQL/MM standards. This should now be written as ST_GeomFromText('GEOMETRYCOLLECTION EMPTY')"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:735
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "SELECT ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(-71.160281 42.258729,-71.160837 42.259113,-71.161144 42.25932)');\n"
      "SELECT ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(-71.160281 42.258729,-71.160837 42.259113,-71.161144 42.25932)',4269);\n"
      "\n"
      "SELECT ST_GeomFromText('MULTILINESTRING((-71.160281 42.258729,-71.160837 42.259113,-71.161144 42.25932))');\n"
      "\n"
      "SELECT ST_GeomFromText('POINT(-71.064544 42.28787)');\n"
      "\n"
      "SELECT ST_GeomFromText('POLYGON((-71.1776585052917 42.3902909739571,-71.1776820268866 42.3903701743239,\n"
      "-71.1776063012595 42.3903825660754,-71.1775826583081 42.3903033653531,-71.1776585052917 42.3902909739571))');\n"
      "\n"
      "SELECT ST_GeomFromText('MULTIPOLYGON(((-71.1031880899493 42.3152774590236,\n"
      "-71.1031627617667 42.3152960829043,-71.102923838298 42.3149156848307,\n"
      "-71.1023097974109 42.3151969047397,-71.1019285062273 42.3147384934248,\n"
      "-71.102505233663 42.3144722937587,-71.10277487471 42.3141658254797,\n"
      "-71.103113945163 42.3142739188902,-71.10324876416 42.31402489987,\n"
      "-71.1033002961013 42.3140393340215,-71.1033488797549 42.3139495090772,\n"
      "-71.103396240451 42.3138632439557,-71.1041521907712 42.3141153348029,\n"
      "-71.1041411411543 42.3141545014533,-71.1041287795912 42.3142114839058,\n"
      "-71.1041188134329 42.3142693656241,-71.1041112482575 42.3143272556118,\n"
      "-71.1041072845732 42.3143851580048,-71.1041057218871 42.3144430686681,\n"
      "-71.1041065602059 42.3145009876017,-71.1041097995362 42.3145589148055,\n"
      "-71.1041166403905 42.3146168544148,-71.1041258822717 42.3146748022936,\n"
      "-71.1041375307579 42.3147318674446,-71.1041492906949 42.3147711126569,\n"
      "-71.1041598612795 42.314808571739,-71.1042515013869 42.3151287620809,\n"
      "-71.1041173835118 42.3150739481917,-71.1040809891419 42.3151344119048,\n"
      "-71.1040438678912 42.3151191367447,-71.1040194562988 42.3151832057859,\n"
      "-71.1038734225584 42.3151140942995,-71.1038446938243 42.3151006300338,\n"
      "-71.1038315271889 42.315094347535,-71.1037393329282 42.315054824985,\n"
      "-71.1035447555574 42.3152608696313,-71.1033436658644 42.3151648370544,\n"
      "-71.1032580383161 42.3152269126061,-71.103223066939 42.3152517403219,\n"
      "-71.1031880899493 42.3152774590236)),\n"
      "((-71.1043632495873 42.315113108546,-71.1043583974082 42.3151211109857,\n"
      "-71.1043443253471 42.3150676015829,-71.1043850704575 42.3150793250568,-71.1043632495873 42.315113108546)))',4326);\n"
      "\n"
      "SELECT ST_GeomFromText('CIRCULARSTRING(220268 150415,220227 150505,220227 150406)');"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:739
#, no-c-format
msgid ", <xref linkend=\"ST_GeomFromWKB\"/>, <xref linkend=\"ST_SRID\"/>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:745
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_GeomFromWKB"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:746
#, no-c-format
msgid "Creates a geometry instance from a Well-Known Binary geometry representation (WKB) and optional SRID."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcsynopsis
#: reference_constructor.xml:751 reference_constructor.xml:1778
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcprototype> <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_GeomFromWKB</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>bytea </type> <parameter>geom</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype> <funcprototype> <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_GeomFromWKB</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>bytea </type> <parameter>geom</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef><type>integer </type> <parameter>srid</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:768
#, no-c-format
msgid "The <varname>ST_GeomFromWKB</varname> function, takes a well-known binary representation of a geometry and a Spatial Reference System ID (<varname>SRID</varname>) and creates an instance of the appropriate geometry type. This function plays the role of the Geometry Factory in SQL. This is an alternate name for ST_WKBToSQL."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:774
#, no-c-format
msgid "If SRID is not specified, it defaults to 0 (Unknown)."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:775
#, no-c-format
msgid "&sfs_compliant; s3.2.7.2 - the optional SRID is from the conformance suite"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:776
#, no-c-format
msgid "&sqlmm_compliant; SQL-MM 3: 5.1.41"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:784
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "--Although bytea rep contains single \\, these need to be escaped when inserting into a table\n"
      "                -- unless standard_conforming_strings is set to on.\n"
      "SELECT ST_AsEWKT(\n"
      "ST_GeomFromWKB(E'\\\\001\\\\002\\\\000\\\\000\\\\000\\\\002\\\\000\\\\000\\\\000\\\\037\\\\205\\\\353Q\\\\270~\\\\\\\\\\\\300\\\\323Mb\\\\020X\\\\231C@\\\\020X9\\\\264\\\\310~\\\\\\\\\\\\300)\\\\\\\\\\\\217\\\\302\\\\365\\\\230C@',4326)\n"
      ");\n"
      "                                          st_asewkt\n"
      "------------------------------------------------------\n"
      " SRID=4326;LINESTRING(-113.98 39.198,-113.981 39.195)\n"
      "(1 row)\n"
      "\n"
      "SELECT\n"
      "  ST_AsText(\n"
      "        ST_GeomFromWKB(\n"
      "          ST_AsEWKB('POINT(2 5)'::geometry)\n"
      "        )\n"
      "  );\n"
      " st_astext\n"
      "------------\n"
      " POINT(2 5)\n"
      "(1 row)"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:791
#, no-c-format
msgid ", <xref linkend=\"ST_AsBinary\"/>, <xref linkend=\"ST_GeomFromEWKB\"/>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:798
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_LineFromEncodedPolyline"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:800
#, no-c-format
msgid "Creates a LineString from an Encoded Polyline."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcprototype
#: reference_constructor.xml:805
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcdef>geometry <function>ST_LineFromEncodedPolyline</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>polyline</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef choice=\"opt\"><type>integer </type> <parameter>precision=5</parameter></paramdef>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:816
#, no-c-format
msgid "Creates a LineString from an Encoded Polyline string."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:817
#, no-c-format
msgid "See http://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/utilities/polylinealgorithm"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:818
#, no-c-format
msgid "Availability: 2.2.0"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:824
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "--Create a line string from a polyline\n"
      "SELECT ST_AsEWKT(ST_LineFromEncodedPolyline('_p~iF~ps|U_ulLnnqC_mqNvxq`@'));\n"
      "--result--\n"
      "LINESTRING(-120.2 38.5,-120.95 40.7,-126.453 43.252)"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:837
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_LineFromMultiPoint"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:839
#, no-c-format
msgid "<refpurpose>Creates a LineString from a MultiPoint geometry.</refpurpose>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcprototype
#: reference_constructor.xml:844
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcdef>geometry <function>ST_LineFromMultiPoint</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>geometry </type> <parameter>aMultiPoint</parameter></paramdef>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:854
#, no-c-format
msgid "<para>Creates a LineString from a MultiPoint geometry.</para>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:862
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "--Create a 3d line string from a 3d multipoint\n"
      "SELECT ST_AsEWKT(ST_LineFromMultiPoint(ST_GeomFromEWKT('MULTIPOINT(1 2 3, 4 5 6, 7 8 9)')));\n"
      "--result--\n"
      "LINESTRING(1 2 3,4 5 6,7 8 9)"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:869
#, no-c-format
msgid ", <xref linkend=\"ST_Collect\"/>, <xref linkend=\"ST_MakeLine\"/>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:875
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_LineFromText"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:877
#, no-c-format
msgid "Makes a Geometry from WKT representation with the given SRID. If SRID is not given, it defaults to 0."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcsynopsis
#: reference_constructor.xml:882
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcprototype> <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_LineFromText</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>WKT</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype> <funcprototype> <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_LineFromText</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>WKT</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef><type>integer </type> <parameter>srid</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:899
#, no-c-format
msgid "Makes a Geometry from WKT with the given SRID. If SRID is not give, it defaults to 0. If WKT passed in is not a LINESTRING, then null is returned."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:903 reference_constructor.xml:969
#, no-c-format
msgid "OGC SPEC 3.2.6.2 - option SRID is from the conformance suite."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:908
#, no-c-format
msgid "If you know all your geometries are LINESTRINGS, its more efficient to just use ST_GeomFromText. This just calls ST_GeomFromText and adds additional validation that it returns a linestring."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:914
#, no-c-format
msgid "&sqlmm_compliant; SQL-MM 3: 7.2.8"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:922
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "SELECT ST_LineFromText('LINESTRING(1 2, 3 4)') AS aline, ST_LineFromText('POINT(1 2)') AS null_return;\n"
      "aline                            | null_return\n"
      "------------------------------------------------\n"
      "010200000002000000000000000000F ... | t"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:935
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_LineFromWKB"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:937
#, no-c-format
msgid "Makes a <varname>LINESTRING</varname> from WKB with the given SRID"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcsynopsis
#: reference_constructor.xml:941
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcprototype> <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_LineFromWKB</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>bytea </type> <parameter>WKB</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype> <funcprototype> <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_LineFromWKB</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>bytea </type> <parameter>WKB</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef><type>integer </type> <parameter>srid</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:958
#, no-c-format
msgid "The <varname>ST_LineFromWKB</varname> function, takes a well-known binary representation of geometry and a Spatial Reference System ID (<varname>SRID</varname>) and creates an instance of the appropriate geometry type - in this case, a <varname>LINESTRING</varname> geometry. This function plays the role of the Geometry Factory in SQL."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:964
#, no-c-format
msgid "If an SRID is not specified, it defaults to 0. <varname>NULL</varname> is returned if the input <varname>bytea</varname> does not represent a <varname>LINESTRING</varname>."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:974
#, no-c-format
msgid "If you know all your geometries are <varname>LINESTRING</varname>s, its more efficient to just use <xref linkend=\"ST_GeomFromWKB\"/>. This function just calls <xref linkend=\"ST_GeomFromWKB\"/> and adds additional validation that it returns a linestring."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:982 reference_constructor.xml:1048
#, no-c-format
msgid "&sqlmm_compliant; SQL-MM 3: 7.2.9"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:990
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "SELECT ST_LineFromWKB(ST_AsBinary(ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(1 2, 3 4)'))) AS aline,\n"
      "                ST_LineFromWKB(ST_AsBinary(ST_GeomFromText('POINT(1 2)'))) IS NULL AS null_return;\n"
      "aline                            | null_return\n"
      "------------------------------------------------\n"
      "010200000002000000000000000000F ... | t"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:997
#, no-c-format
msgid ", <xref linkend=\"ST_LinestringFromWKB\"/>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:1003
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_LinestringFromWKB"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:1005
#, no-c-format
msgid "Makes a geometry from WKB with the given SRID."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcsynopsis
#: reference_constructor.xml:1009
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcprototype> <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_LinestringFromWKB</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>bytea </type> <parameter>WKB</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype> <funcprototype> <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_LinestringFromWKB</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>bytea </type> <parameter>WKB</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef><type>integer </type> <parameter>srid</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1026
#, no-c-format
msgid "The <varname>ST_LinestringFromWKB</varname> function, takes a well-known binary representation of geometry and a Spatial Reference System ID (<varname>SRID</varname>) and creates an instance of the appropriate geometry type - in this case, a <varname>LINESTRING</varname> geometry. This function plays the role of the Geometry Factory in SQL."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1032
#, no-c-format
msgid "If an SRID is not specified, it defaults to 0. <varname>NULL</varname> is returned if the input <varname>bytea</varname> does not represent a <varname>LINESTRING</varname> geometry. This an alias for <xref linkend=\"ST_LineFromWKB\"/>."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1037
#, no-c-format
msgid "OGC SPEC 3.2.6.2 - optional SRID is from the conformance suite."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1041
#, no-c-format
msgid "If you know all your geometries are <varname>LINESTRING</varname>s, it's more efficient to just use <xref linkend=\"ST_GeomFromWKB\"/>. This function just calls <xref linkend=\"ST_GeomFromWKB\"/> and adds additional validation that it returns a <varname>LINESTRING</varname>."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:1054
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "SELECT\n"
      "  ST_LineStringFromWKB(\n"
      "        ST_AsBinary(ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(1 2, 3 4)'))\n"
      "  ) AS aline,\n"
      "  ST_LinestringFromWKB(\n"
      "        ST_AsBinary(ST_GeomFromText('POINT(1 2)'))\n"
      "  ) IS NULL AS null_return;\n"
      "   aline                            | null_return\n"
      "------------------------------------------------\n"
      "010200000002000000000000000000F ... | t"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1061 reference_constructor.xml:1820
#, no-c-format
msgid ", <xref linkend=\"ST_LineFromWKB\"/>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:1067
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_MakeBox2D"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:1069
#, no-c-format
msgid "Creates a BOX2D defined by the given point geometries."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcprototype
#: reference_constructor.xml:1075
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcdef>box2d <function>ST_MakeBox2D</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>geometry </type> <parameter>pointLowLeft</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef><type>geometry </type> <parameter>pointUpRight</parameter></paramdef>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1086
#, no-c-format
msgid "Creates a BOX2D defined by the given point geometries. This is useful for doing range queries"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:1094
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "--Return all features that fall reside or partly reside in a US national atlas coordinate bounding box\n"
      "--It is assumed here that the geometries are stored with SRID = 2163 (US National atlas equal area)\n"
      "SELECT feature_id, feature_name, the_geom\n"
      "FROM features\n"
      "WHERE the_geom &amp;&amp; ST_SetSRID(ST_MakeBox2D(ST_Point(-989502.1875, 528439.5625),\n"
      "        ST_Point(-987121.375 ,529933.1875)),2163)"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1101
#, no-c-format
msgid ", <xref linkend=\"ST_Point\"/>, <xref linkend=\"ST_SetSRID\"/>, <xref linkend=\"ST_SRID\"/>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:1107
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_3DMakeBox"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:1109
#, no-c-format
msgid "Creates a BOX3D defined by the given 3d point geometries."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcprototype
#: reference_constructor.xml:1114
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcdef>box3d <function>ST_3DMakeBox</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>geometry </type> <parameter>point3DLowLeftBottom</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef><type>geometry </type> <parameter>point3DUpRightTop</parameter></paramdef>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1125
#, no-c-format
msgid "Creates a BOX3D defined by the given 2 3D point geometries."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1132
#, no-c-format
msgid "This function supports 3d and will not drop the z-index."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1134
#, no-c-format
msgid "Changed: 2.0.0 In prior versions this used to be called ST_MakeBox3D"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:1141
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "SELECT ST_3DMakeBox(ST_MakePoint(-989502.1875, 528439.5625, 10),\n"
      "        ST_MakePoint(-987121.375 ,529933.1875, 10)) As abb3d\n"
      "\n"
      "--bb3d--\n"
      "--------\n"
      "BOX3D(-989502.1875 528439.5625 10,-987121.375 529933.1875 10)"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1148
#, no-c-format
msgid ", <xref linkend=\"ST_SetSRID\"/>, <xref linkend=\"ST_SRID\"/>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:1154
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_MakeLine"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:1156
#, no-c-format
msgid "Creates a Linestring from point, multipoint, or line geometries."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcsynopsis
#: reference_constructor.xml:1160
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcprototype> <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_MakeLine</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>geometry set</type> <parameter>geoms</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype> <funcprototype> <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_MakeLine</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>geometry</type> <parameter>geom1</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef><type>geometry</type> <parameter>geom2</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype> <funcprototype> <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_MakeLine</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>geometry[]</type> <parameter>geoms_array</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1182
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_MakeLine comes in 3 forms: a spatial aggregate that takes rows of point, multipoint, or line geometries and returns a line string, a function that takes an array of point, multipoint, or line, and a regular function that takes two point, multipoint, or line geometries. You might want to use a subselect to order points before feeding them to the aggregate version of this function."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1189
#, no-c-format
msgid "Inputs other than point, multipoint, or lines are ignored."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1190
#, no-c-format
msgid "When adding line components common nodes at the beginning of lines are removed from the output. Common nodes in point and multipoint inputs are not removed."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1195
#, no-c-format
msgid "Availability: 1.4.0 - ST_MakeLine(geomarray) was introduced. ST_MakeLine aggregate functions was enhanced to handle more points faster."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1196
#, no-c-format
msgid "Availability: 2.0.0 - Support for linestring input elements was introduced"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1197
#, no-c-format
msgid "Availability: 2.0.0 - Support for multipoint input elements was introduced"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: title
#: reference_constructor.xml:1201
#, no-c-format
msgid "Examples: Spatial Aggregate version"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1202
#, no-c-format
msgid "This example takes a sequence of GPS points and creates one record for each gps travel where the geometry field is a line string composed of the gps points in the order of the travel."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:1206
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "-- For pre-PostgreSQL 9.0 - this usually works,\n"
      "-- but the planner may on occasion choose not to respect the order of the subquery\n"
      "SELECT gps.gps_track, ST_MakeLine(gps.the_geom) As newgeom\n"
      "        FROM (SELECT gps_track,gps_time, the_geom\n"
      "                        FROM gps_points ORDER BY gps_track, gps_time) As gps\n"
      "        GROUP BY gps.gps_track;"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:1208
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "-- If you are using PostgreSQL 9.0+\n"
      "-- (you can use the new ORDER BY support for aggregates)\n"
      "-- this is a guaranteed way to get a correctly ordered linestring\n"
      "-- Your order by part can order by more than one column if needed\n"
      "SELECT gps.gps_track, ST_MakeLine(gps.the_geom ORDER BY gps_time) As newgeom\n"
      "        FROM gps_points As gps\n"
      "        GROUP BY gps.gps_track;"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: title
#: reference_constructor.xml:1211
#, no-c-format
msgid "Examples: Non-Spatial Aggregate version"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1213
#, no-c-format
msgid "First example is a simple one off line string composed of 2 points. The second formulates line strings from 2 points a user draws. The third is a one-off that joins 2 3d points to create a line in 3d space."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:1215
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "SELECT ST_AsText(ST_MakeLine(ST_MakePoint(1,2), ST_MakePoint(3,4)));\n"
      "          st_astext\n"
      "---------------------\n"
      " LINESTRING(1 2,3 4)\n"
      "\n"
      "SELECT userpoints.id, ST_MakeLine(startpoint, endpoint) As drawn_line\n"
      "        FROM userpoints ;\n"
      "\n"
      "SELECT ST_AsEWKT(ST_MakeLine(ST_MakePoint(1,2,3), ST_MakePoint(3,4,5)));\n"
      "                st_asewkt\n"
      "-------------------------\n"
      " LINESTRING(1 2 3,3 4 5)"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: title
#: reference_constructor.xml:1219
#, no-c-format
msgid "Examples: Using Array version"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:1221
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "SELECT ST_MakeLine(ARRAY(SELECT ST_Centroid(the_geom) FROM visit_locations ORDER BY visit_time));\n"
      "\n"
      "--Making a 3d line with 3 3-d points\n"
      "SELECT ST_AsEWKT(ST_MakeLine(ARRAY[ST_MakePoint(1,2,3),\n"
      "                                ST_MakePoint(3,4,5), ST_MakePoint(6,6,6)]));\n"
      "                st_asewkt\n"
      "-------------------------\n"
      "LINESTRING(1 2 3,3 4 5,6 6 6)"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1228
#, no-c-format
msgid ", <xref linkend=\"ST_AsText\"/>, <xref linkend=\"ST_GeomFromText\"/>, <xref linkend=\"ST_MakePoint\"/>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:1235
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_MakeEnvelope"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:1237
#, no-c-format
msgid "Creates a rectangular Polygon formed from the given minimums and maximums. Input values must be in SRS specified by the SRID."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcprototype
#: reference_constructor.xml:1243
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcdef>geometry <function>ST_MakeEnvelope</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>double precision</type> <parameter>xmin</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef><type>double precision</type> <parameter>ymin</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef><type>double precision</type> <parameter>xmax</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef><type>double precision</type> <parameter>ymax</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef choice=\"opt\"><type>integer </type> <parameter>srid=unknown</parameter></paramdef>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1257
#, no-c-format
msgid "Creates a rectangular Polygon formed from the minima and maxima. by the given shell. Input values must be in SRS specified by the SRID. If no SRID is specified the unknown spatial reference system is assumed"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1260
#, no-c-format
msgid "Availability: 1.5"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1261
#, no-c-format
msgid "Enhanced: 2.0: Ability to specify an envelope without specifying an SRID was introduced."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: title
#: reference_constructor.xml:1266
#, no-c-format
msgid "Example: Building a bounding box polygon"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:1267
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "SELECT ST_AsText(ST_MakeEnvelope(10, 10, 11, 11, 4326));\n"
      "\n"
      "st_asewkt\n"
      "-----------\n"
      "POLYGON((10 10, 10 11, 11 11, 11 10, 10 10))"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1271
#, no-c-format
msgid ", <xref linkend=\"ST_MakeLine\"/>, <xref linkend=\"ST_MakePolygon\"/>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:1277
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_MakePolygon"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:1279
#, no-c-format
msgid "Creates a Polygon formed by the given shell. Input geometries must be closed LINESTRINGS."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcprototype
#: reference_constructor.xml:1285
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcdef>geometry <function>ST_MakePolygon</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>geometry</type> <parameter>linestring</parameter></paramdef>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcprototype
#: reference_constructor.xml:1291
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcdef>geometry <function>ST_MakePolygon</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>geometry</type> <parameter>outerlinestring</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef><type>geometry[]</type> <parameter>interiorlinestrings</parameter></paramdef>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1302
#, no-c-format
msgid "Creates a Polygon formed by the given shell. Input geometries must be closed LINESTRINGS. Comes in 2 variants."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1304
#, no-c-format
msgid "Variant 1: Takes one closed linestring."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1305
#, no-c-format
msgid "Variant 2: Creates a Polygon formed by the given shell and array of holes. You can construct a geometry array using ST_Accum or the PostgreSQL ARRAY[] and ARRAY() constructs. Input geometries must be closed LINESTRINGS."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1309
#, no-c-format
msgid "This function will not accept a MULTILINESTRING. Use <xref linkend=\"ST_LineMerge\"/> or <xref linkend=\"ST_Dump\"/> to generate line strings."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: title
#: reference_constructor.xml:1316
#, no-c-format
msgid "Examples: Single closed LINESTRING"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:1317
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "--2d line\n"
      "SELECT ST_MakePolygon(ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(75.15 29.53,77 29,77.6 29.5, 75.15 29.53)'));\n"
      "--If linestring is not closed\n"
      "--you can add the start point to close it\n"
      "SELECT ST_MakePolygon(ST_AddPoint(foo.open_line, ST_StartPoint(foo.open_line)))\n"
      "FROM (\n"
      "SELECT ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(75.15 29.53,77 29,77.6 29.5)') As open_line) As foo;\n"
      "\n"
      "--3d closed line\n"
      "SELECT ST_MakePolygon(ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(75.15 29.53 1,77 29 1,77.6 29.5 1, 75.15 29.53 1)'));\n"
      "\n"
      "st_asewkt\n"
      "-----------\n"
      "POLYGON((75.15 29.53 1,77 29 1,77.6 29.5 1,75.15 29.53 1))\n"
      "\n"
      "--measured line --\n"
      "SELECT ST_MakePolygon(ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRINGM(75.15 29.53 1,77 29 1,77.6 29.5 2, 75.15 29.53 2)'));\n"
      "\n"
      "st_asewkt\n"
      "----------\n"
      "POLYGONM((75.15 29.53 1,77 29 1,77.6 29.5 2,75.15 29.53 2))"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: title
#: reference_constructor.xml:1320
#, no-c-format
msgid "Examples: Outer shell with inner shells"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1322
#, no-c-format
msgid "Build a donut with an ant hole"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:1323
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "SELECT ST_MakePolygon(\n"
      "                ST_ExteriorRing(ST_Buffer(foo.line,10)),\n"
      "        ARRAY[ST_Translate(foo.line,1,1),\n"
      "                ST_ExteriorRing(ST_Buffer(ST_MakePoint(20,20),1)) ]\n"
      "        )\n"
      "FROM\n"
      "        (SELECT ST_ExteriorRing(ST_Buffer(ST_MakePoint(10,10),10,10))\n"
      "                As line )\n"
      "                As foo;"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1324
#, no-c-format
msgid "Build province boundaries with holes representing lakes in the province from a set of province polygons/multipolygons and water linestrings. This is an example of using PostGIS ST_Accum."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1328
#, no-c-format
msgid "The CASE construct is used because feeding a null array into ST_MakePolygon results in NULL."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1330
#, no-c-format
msgid "A left join is used to guarantee we get all provinces back even if they have no lakes."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:1331
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "SELECT p.gid, p.province_name,\n"
      "                CASE WHEN\n"
      "                        ST_Accum(w.the_geom) IS NULL THEN p.the_geom\n"
      "                ELSE  ST_MakePolygon(ST_LineMerge(ST_Boundary(p.the_geom)), ST_Accum(w.the_geom)) END\n"
      "        FROM\n"
      "                provinces p LEFT JOIN waterlines w\n"
      "                        ON (ST_Within(w.the_geom, p.the_geom) AND ST_IsClosed(w.the_geom))\n"
      "        GROUP BY p.gid, p.province_name, p.the_geom;\n"
      "\n"
      "        --Same example above but utilizing a correlated subquery\n"
      "        --and PostgreSQL built-in ARRAY() function that converts a row set to an array\n"
      "\n"
      "        SELECT p.gid,  p.province_name, CASE WHEN\n"
      "                EXISTS(SELECT w.the_geom\n"
      "                        FROM waterlines w\n"
      "                        WHERE ST_Within(w.the_geom, p.the_geom)\n"
      "                        AND ST_IsClosed(w.the_geom))\n"
      "                THEN\n"
      "                ST_MakePolygon(ST_LineMerge(ST_Boundary(p.the_geom)),\n"
      "                        ARRAY(SELECT w.the_geom\n"
      "                                FROM waterlines w\n"
      "                                WHERE ST_Within(w.the_geom, p.the_geom)\n"
      "                                AND ST_IsClosed(w.the_geom)))\n"
      "                ELSE p.the_geom END As the_geom\n"
      "        FROM\n"
      "                provinces p;"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1335
#, no-c-format
msgid ", <xref linkend=\"ST_Accum\"/>, <xref linkend=\"ST_AddPoint\"/>, <xref linkend=\"ST_GeometryType\"/>, <xref linkend=\"ST_IsClosed\"/>, <xref linkend=\"ST_LineMerge\"/>, <xref linkend=\"ST_BuildArea\"/>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:1349
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_MakePoint"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:1351
#, no-c-format
msgid "Creates a 2D,3DZ or 4D point geometry."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcprototype
#: reference_constructor.xml:1356
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcdef>geometry <function>ST_MakePoint</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>double precision</type> <parameter>x</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef><type>double precision</type> <parameter>y</parameter></paramdef>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcprototype
#: reference_constructor.xml:1363
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcdef>geometry <function>ST_MakePoint</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>double precision</type> <parameter>x</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef><type>double precision</type> <parameter>y</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef><type>double precision</type> <parameter>z</parameter></paramdef>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcprototype
#: reference_constructor.xml:1371
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcdef>geometry <function>ST_MakePoint</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>double precision</type> <parameter>x</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef><type>double precision</type> <parameter>y</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef><type>double precision</type> <parameter>z</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef><type>double precision</type> <parameter>m</parameter></paramdef>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1384
#, no-c-format
msgid "Creates a 2D,3DZ or 4D point geometry (geometry with measure). <varname>ST_MakePoint</varname> while not being OGC compliant is generally faster and more precise than <xref linkend=\"ST_GeomFromText\"/> and <xref linkend=\"ST_PointFromText\"/>. It is also easier to use if you have raw coordinates rather than WKT."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1390
#, no-c-format
msgid "Note x is longitude and y is latitude"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1391
#, no-c-format
msgid "Use <xref linkend=\"ST_MakePointM\"/> if you need to make a point with x,y,m."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:1398
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "--Return point with unknown SRID\n"
      "SELECT ST_MakePoint(-71.1043443253471, 42.3150676015829);\n"
      "\n"
      "--Return point marked as WGS 84 long lat\n"
      "SELECT ST_SetSRID(ST_MakePoint(-71.1043443253471, 42.3150676015829),4326);\n"
      "\n"
      "--Return a 3D point (e.g. has altitude)\n"
      "SELECT ST_MakePoint(1, 2,1.5);\n"
      "\n"
      "--Get z of point\n"
      "SELECT ST_Z(ST_MakePoint(1, 2,1.5));\n"
      "result\n"
      "-------\n"
      "1.5"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1402
#, no-c-format
msgid ", <xref linkend=\"ST_PointFromText\"/>, <xref linkend=\"ST_SetSRID\"/>, <xref linkend=\"ST_MakePointM\"/>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:1408
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_MakePointM"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:1410
#, no-c-format
msgid "Creates a point geometry with an x y and m coordinate."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcprototype
#: reference_constructor.xml:1415
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcdef>geometry <function>ST_MakePointM</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>float</type> <parameter>x</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef><type>float</type> <parameter>y</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef><type>float</type> <parameter>m</parameter></paramdef>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1427
#, no-c-format
msgid "Creates a point with x, y and measure coordinates."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1428
#, no-c-format
msgid "Note x is longitude and y is latitude."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1433
#, no-c-format
msgid "We use ST_AsEWKT in these examples to show the text representation instead of ST_AsText because ST_AsText does not support returning M."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:1435
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "--Return EWKT representation of point with unknown SRID\n"
      "SELECT ST_AsEWKT(ST_MakePointM(-71.1043443253471, 42.3150676015829, 10));\n"
      "\n"
      "--result\n"
      "                                   st_asewkt\n"
      "-----------------------------------------------\n"
      " POINTM(-71.1043443253471 42.3150676015829 10)\n"
      "\n"
      "--Return EWKT representation of point with measure marked as WGS 84 long lat\n"
      "SELECT ST_AsEWKT(ST_SetSRID(ST_MakePointM(-71.1043443253471, 42.3150676015829,10),4326));\n"
      "\n"
      "                                                st_asewkt\n"
      "---------------------------------------------------------\n"
      "SRID=4326;POINTM(-71.1043443253471 42.3150676015829 10)\n"
      "\n"
      "--Return a 3d point (e.g. has altitude)\n"
      "SELECT ST_MakePoint(1, 2,1.5);\n"
      "\n"
      "--Get m of point\n"
      "SELECT ST_M(ST_MakePointM(-71.1043443253471, 42.3150676015829,10));\n"
      "result\n"
      "-------\n"
      "10"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1439
#, no-c-format
msgid ", <xref linkend=\"ST_MakePoint\"/>, <xref linkend=\"ST_SetSRID\"/>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:1445
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_MLineFromText"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:1447
#, no-c-format
msgid "Return a specified ST_MultiLineString value from WKT representation."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcsynopsis
#: reference_constructor.xml:1451
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcprototype> <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_MLineFromText</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>WKT</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef><type>integer </type> <parameter>srid</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype> <funcprototype> <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_MLineFromText</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>WKT</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1469
#, no-c-format
msgid "Makes a Geometry from Well-Known-Text (WKT) with the given SRID. If SRID is not give, it defaults to 0."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1475
#, no-c-format
msgid "Returns null if the WKT is not a MULTILINESTRING"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1478 reference_constructor.xml:1539
#, no-c-format
msgid "If you are absolutely sure all your WKT geometries are points, don't use this function. It is slower than ST_GeomFromText since it adds an additional validation step."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1484
#, no-c-format
msgid "&sqlmm_compliant;SQL-MM 3: 9.4.4"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:1492
#, no-c-format
msgid "SELECT ST_MLineFromText('MULTILINESTRING((1 2, 3 4), (4 5, 6 7))');"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:1505
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_MPointFromText"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:1507 reference_constructor.xml:1877
#, no-c-format
msgid "<refpurpose>Makes a Geometry from WKT with the given SRID. If SRID is not give, it defaults to 0.</refpurpose>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcsynopsis
#: reference_constructor.xml:1512
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcprototype> <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_MPointFromText</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>WKT</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef><type>integer </type> <parameter>srid</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype> <funcprototype> <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_MPointFromText</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>WKT</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1530
#, no-c-format
msgid "<para>Makes a Geometry from WKT with the given SRID. If SRID is not give, it defaults to 0.</para>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1536
#, no-c-format
msgid "Returns null if the WKT is not a MULTIPOINT"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1544
#, no-c-format
msgid "&sfs_compliant; 3.2.6.2"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1545
#, no-c-format
msgid "&sqlmm_compliant; SQL-MM 3: 9.2.4"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:1553
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "SELECT ST_MPointFromText('MULTIPOINT(1 2, 3 4)');\n"
      "SELECT ST_MPointFromText('MULTIPOINT(-70.9590 42.1180, -70.9611 42.1223)', 4326);"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:1566
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_MPolyFromText"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:1568
#, no-c-format
msgid "Makes a MultiPolygon Geometry from WKT with the given SRID. If SRID is not give, it defaults to 0."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcsynopsis
#: reference_constructor.xml:1573
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcprototype> <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_MPolyFromText</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>WKT</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef><type>integer </type> <parameter>srid</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype> <funcprototype> <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_MPolyFromText</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>WKT</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1591
#, no-c-format
msgid "Makes a MultiPolygon from WKT with the given SRID. If SRID is not give, it defaults to 0."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1597
#, no-c-format
msgid "Throws an error if the WKT is not a MULTIPOLYGON"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1600
#, no-c-format
msgid "If you are absolutely sure all your WKT geometries are multipolygons, don't use this function. It is slower than ST_GeomFromText since it adds an additional validation step."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1606
#, no-c-format
msgid "&sqlmm_compliant; SQL-MM 3: 9.6.4"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:1614
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "SELECT ST_MPolyFromText('MULTIPOLYGON(((0 0 1,20 0 1,20 20 1,0 20 1,0 0 1),(5 5 3,5 7 3,7 7 3,7 5 3,5 5 3)))');\n"
      "SELECt ST_MPolyFromText('MULTIPOLYGON(((-70.916 42.1002,-70.9468 42.0946,-70.9765 42.0872,-70.9754 42.0875,-70.9749 42.0879,-70.9752 42.0881,-70.9754 42.0891,-70.9758 42.0894,-70.9759 42.0897,-70.9759 42.0899,-70.9754 42.0902,-70.9756 42.0906,-70.9753 42.0907,-70.9753 42.0917,-70.9757 42.0924,-70.9755 42.0928,-70.9755 42.0942,-70.9751 42.0948,-70.9755 42.0953,-70.9751 42.0958,-70.9751 42.0962,-70.9759 42.0983,-70.9767 42.0987,-70.9768 42.0991,-70.9771 42.0997,-70.9771 42.1003,-70.9768 42.1005,-70.977 42.1011,-70.9766 42.1019,-70.9768 42.1026,-70.9769 42.1033,-70.9775 42.1042,-70.9773 42.1043,-70.9776 42.1043,-70.9778 42.1048,-70.9773 42.1058,-70.9774 42.1061,-70.9779 42.1065,-70.9782 42.1078,-70.9788 42.1085,-70.9798 42.1087,-70.9806 42.109,-70.9807 42.1093,-70.9806 42.1099,-70.9809 42.1109,-70.9808 42.1112,-70.9798 42.1116,-70.9792 42.1127,-70.979 42.1129,-70.9787 42.1134,-70.979 42.1139,-70.9791 42.1141,-70.9987 42.1116,-71.0022 42.1273,\n"
      "        -70.9408 42.1513,-70.9315 42.1165,-70.916 42.1002)))',4326);"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:1627
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_Point"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:1629
#, no-c-format
msgid "Returns an ST_Point with the given coordinate values. OGC alias for ST_MakePoint."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcprototype
#: reference_constructor.xml:1634
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcdef>geometry <function>ST_Point</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>float </type> <parameter>x_lon</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef><type>float </type> <parameter>y_lat</parameter></paramdef>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1645
#, no-c-format
msgid "Returns an ST_Point with the given coordinate values. MM compliant alias for ST_MakePoint that takes just an x and y."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1648
#, no-c-format
msgid "&sqlmm_compliant; SQL-MM 3: 6.1.2"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: title
#: reference_constructor.xml:1654
#, no-c-format
msgid "Examples: Geometry"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:1656
#, no-c-format
msgid "SELECT ST_SetSRID(ST_Point(-71.1043443253471, 42.3150676015829),4326)"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: title
#: reference_constructor.xml:1660
#, no-c-format
msgid "Examples: Geography"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:1662
#, no-c-format
msgid "SELECT CAST(ST_SetSRID(ST_Point(-71.1043443253471, 42.3150676015829),4326) As geography);"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:1663
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "-- the :: is PostgreSQL short-hand for casting.\n"
      "SELECT ST_SetSRID(ST_Point(-71.1043443253471, 42.3150676015829),4326)::geography;"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:1665
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "--If your point coordinates are in a different spatial reference from WGS-84 long lat, then you need to transform before casting\n"
      "-- This example we convert a point in Pennsylvania State Plane feet to WGS 84 and then geography\n"
      "SELECT ST_Transform(ST_SetSRID(ST_Point(3637510, 3014852),2273),4326)::geography;"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1672
#, no-c-format
msgid ", <xref linkend=\"ST_MakePoint\"/>, <xref linkend=\"ST_SetSRID\"/>, <xref linkend=\"ST_Transform\"/>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:1678
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_PointFromGeoHash"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:1680
#, no-c-format
msgid "Return a point from a GeoHash string."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcprototype
#: reference_constructor.xml:1685
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcdef>point <function>ST_PointFromGeoHash</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>geohash</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef choice=\"opt\"><type>integer </type> <parameter>precision=full_precision_of_geohash</parameter></paramdef>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1696
#, no-c-format
msgid "Return a point from a GeoHash string. The point represents the center point of the GeoHash."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1698
#, no-c-format
msgid "If no <varname>precision</varname> is specified ST_PointFromGeoHash returns a point based on full precision of the input GeoHash string."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1700
#, no-c-format
msgid "If <varname>precision</varname> is specified ST_PointFromGeoHash will use that many characters from the GeoHash to create the point."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:1707
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "<![CDATA[SELECT ST_AsText(ST_PointFromGeoHash('9qqj7nmxncgyy4d0dbxqz0'));\n"
      "          st_astext\n"
      "------------------------------\n"
      " POINT(-115.172816 36.114646)\n"
      "\n"
      "SELECT ST_AsText(ST_PointFromGeoHash('9qqj7nmxncgyy4d0dbxqz0', 4));\n"
      "             st_astext\n"
      "-----------------------------------\n"
      " POINT(-115.13671875 36.123046875)\n"
      "\n"
      "SELECT ST_AsText(ST_PointFromGeoHash('9qqj7nmxncgyy4d0dbxqz0', 10));\n"
      "                 st_astext\n"
      "-------------------------------------------\n"
      " POINT(-115.172815918922 36.1146435141563)\n"
      "                ]]>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1712
#, no-c-format
msgid ", <xref linkend=\"ST_Box2dFromGeoHash\"/>, <xref linkend=\"ST_GeomFromGeoHash\"/>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:1718
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_PointFromText"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:1719
#, no-c-format
msgid "Makes a point Geometry from WKT with the given SRID. If SRID is not given, it defaults to unknown."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcsynopsis
#: reference_constructor.xml:1723
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcprototype> <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_PointFromText</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>WKT</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype> <funcprototype> <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_PointFromText</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>WKT</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef><type>integer </type> <parameter>srid</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1739
#, no-c-format
msgid "Constructs a PostGIS ST_Geometry point object from the OGC Well-Known text representation. If SRID is not give, it defaults to unknown (currently 0). If geometry is not a WKT point representation, returns null. If completely invalid WKT, then throws an error."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1745
#, no-c-format
msgid "There are 2 variants of ST_PointFromText function, the first takes no SRID and returns a geometry with no defined spatial reference system. The second takes a spatial reference id as the second argument and returns an ST_Geometry that includes this srid as part of its meta-data. The srid must be defined in the spatial_ref_sys table."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1752
#, no-c-format
msgid "If you are absolutely sure all your WKT geometries are points, don't use this function. It is slower than ST_GeomFromText since it adds an additional validation step. If you are building points from long lat coordinates and care more about performance and accuracy than OGC compliance, use <xref linkend=\"ST_MakePoint\"/> or OGC compliant alias <xref linkend=\"ST_Point\"/>."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1757
#, no-c-format
msgid "&sqlmm_compliant; SQL-MM 3: 6.1.8"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:1762
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "SELECT ST_PointFromText('POINT(-71.064544 42.28787)');\n"
      "SELECT ST_PointFromText('POINT(-71.064544 42.28787)', 4326);"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1766
#, no-c-format
msgid ", <xref linkend=\"ST_MakePoint\"/>, <xref linkend=\"ST_Point\"/>, <xref linkend=\"ST_SRID\"/>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:1772
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_PointFromWKB"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:1774
#, no-c-format
msgid "Makes a geometry from WKB with the given SRID"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1795
#, no-c-format
msgid "The <varname>ST_PointFromWKB</varname> function, takes a well-known binary representation of geometry and a Spatial Reference System ID (<varname>SRID</varname>) and creates an instance of the appropriate geometry type - in this case, a <varname>POINT</varname> geometry. This function plays the role of the Geometry Factory in SQL."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1801
#, no-c-format
msgid "If an SRID is not specified, it defaults to 0. <varname>NULL</varname> is returned if the input <varname>bytea</varname> does not represent a <varname>POINT</varname> geometry."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1804
#, no-c-format
msgid "&sfs_compliant; s3.2.7.2"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1805
#, no-c-format
msgid "&sqlmm_compliant; SQL-MM 3: 6.1.9"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:1813
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "SELECT\n"
      "  ST_AsText(\n"
      "        ST_PointFromWKB(\n"
      "          ST_AsEWKB('POINT(2 5)'::geometry)\n"
      "        )\n"
      "  );\n"
      " st_astext\n"
      "------------\n"
      " POINT(2 5)\n"
      "(1 row)\n"
      "\n"
      "SELECT\n"
      "  ST_AsText(\n"
      "        ST_PointFromWKB(\n"
      "          ST_AsEWKB('LINESTRING(2 5, 2 6)'::geometry)\n"
      "        )\n"
      "  );\n"
      " st_astext\n"
      "-----------\n"
      "\n"
      "(1 row)"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:1826
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_Polygon"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:1828
#, no-c-format
msgid "<refpurpose>Returns a polygon built from the specified linestring and SRID.</refpurpose>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcprototype
#: reference_constructor.xml:1833
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcdef>geometry <function>ST_Polygon</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>geometry </type> <parameter>aLineString</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef><type>integer </type> <parameter>srid</parameter></paramdef>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1844
#, no-c-format
msgid "<para>Returns a polygon built from the specified linestring and SRID.</para>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1848
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_Polygon is similar to first version oST_MakePolygon except it also sets the spatial ref sys (SRID) of the polygon. Will not work with MULTILINESTRINGS so use LineMerge to merge multilines. Also does not create polygons with holes. Use ST_MakePolygon for that."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1853
#, no-c-format
msgid "&sqlmm_compliant; SQL-MM 3: 8.3.2"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:1862
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "--a 2d polygon\n"
      "SELECT ST_Polygon(ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(75.15 29.53,77 29,77.6 29.5, 75.15 29.53)'), 4326);\n"
      "\n"
      "--result--\n"
      "POLYGON((75.15 29.53,77 29,77.6 29.5,75.15 29.53))\n"
      "--a 3d polygon\n"
      "SELECT ST_AsEWKT(ST_Polygon(ST_GeomFromEWKT('LINESTRING(75.15 29.53 1,77 29 1,77.6 29.5 1, 75.15 29.53 1)'), 4326));\n"
      "\n"
      "result\n"
      "------\n"
      "SRID=4326;POLYGON((75.15 29.53 1,77 29 1,77.6 29.5 1,75.15 29.53 1))"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1869
#, no-c-format
msgid ", <xref linkend=\"ST_AsText\"/>, <xref linkend=\"ST_GeomFromEWKT\"/>, <xref linkend=\"ST_GeomFromText\"/>, <xref linkend=\"ST_LineMerge\"/>, <xref linkend=\"ST_MakePolygon\"/>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:1875
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_PolygonFromText"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcsynopsis
#: reference_constructor.xml:1882
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcprototype> <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_PolygonFromText</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>WKT</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype> <funcprototype> <funcdef>geometry <function>ST_PolygonFromText</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>WKT</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef><type>integer </type> <parameter>srid</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1898
#, no-c-format
msgid "Makes a Geometry from WKT with the given SRID. If SRID is not give, it defaults to 0. Returns null if WKT is not a polygon."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1905
#, no-c-format
msgid "If you are absolutely sure all your WKT geometries are polygons, don't use this function. It is slower than ST_GeomFromText since it adds an additional validation step."
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1908
#, no-c-format
msgid "&sqlmm_compliant; SQL-MM 3: 8.3.6"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: programlisting
#: reference_constructor.xml:1914
#, no-c-format
msgid ""
      "SELECT ST_PolygonFromText('POLYGON((-71.1776585052917 42.3902909739571,-71.1776820268866 42.3903701743239,\n"
      "-71.1776063012595 42.3903825660754,-71.1775826583081 42.3903033653531,-71.1776585052917 42.3902909739571))');\n"
      "st_polygonfromtext\n"
      "------------------\n"
      "010300000001000000050000006...\n"
      "\n"
      "\n"
      "SELECT ST_PolygonFromText('POINT(1 2)') IS NULL as point_is_notpoly;\n"
      "\n"
      "point_is_not_poly\n"
      "----------\n"
      "t"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:1927
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_WKBToSQL"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refpurpose
#: reference_constructor.xml:1928
#, no-c-format
msgid "Return a specified ST_Geometry value from Well-Known Binary representation (WKB). This is an alias name for ST_GeomFromWKB that takes no srid"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcprototype
#: reference_constructor.xml:1932
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcdef>geometry <function>ST_WKBToSQL</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>bytea </type> <parameter>WKB</parameter></paramdef>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1940
#, no-c-format
msgid "&sqlmm_compliant; SQL-MM 3: 5.1.36"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: refname
#: reference_constructor.xml:1950
#, no-c-format
msgid "ST_WKTToSQL"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: funcprototype
#: reference_constructor.xml:1955
#, no-c-format
msgid "<funcdef>geometry <function>ST_WKTToSQL</function></funcdef> <paramdef><type>text </type> <parameter>WKT</parameter></paramdef>"
msgstr ""

#. Tag: para
#: reference_constructor.xml:1963
#, no-c-format
msgid "&sqlmm_compliant; SQL-MM 3: 5.1.34"
msgstr ""