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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<sect1 id="Linear_Referencing">
	  <title>Linear Referencing</title>

		<refentry id="ST_LineInterpolatePoint">
		  <refnamediv>
			<refname>ST_LineInterpolatePoint</refname>

			<refpurpose>Returns a point interpolated along a line. Second argument is a float8 between 0 and 1
			representing fraction of total length of linestring the point has to be located.</refpurpose>
		  </refnamediv>

		  <refsynopsisdiv>
			<funcsynopsis>
			  <funcprototype>
				<funcdef>geometry <function>ST_LineInterpolatePoint</function></funcdef>
				<paramdef><type>geometry </type> <parameter>a_linestring</parameter></paramdef>
				<paramdef><type>float8 </type> <parameter>a_fraction</parameter></paramdef>
			  </funcprototype>
			</funcsynopsis>
		  </refsynopsisdiv>

		  <refsection>
			<title>Description</title>

			<para>Returns a point interpolated along a line. First argument
			must be a LINESTRING. Second argument is a float8 between 0 and 1
			representing fraction of total linestring length the point has to be located.</para>

			<para>See <xref linkend="ST_LineLocatePoint" /> for
			computing the line location nearest to a Point.</para>

			<note>
			  <para>Since release 1.1.1 this function also interpolates M and
			  Z values (when present), while prior releases set them to
			  0.0.</para>
			</note>
			<para>Availability: 0.8.2, Z and M supported added in 1.1.1</para>
			<para>Changed: 2.1.0. Up to 2.0.x this was called ST_Line_Interpolate_Point.</para>
			<para>&Z_support;</para>
		  </refsection>


		  <refsection>
			<title>Examples</title>
			<informalfigure>
			  <mediaobject>
				<imageobject>
				  <imagedata fileref="images/st_line_interpolate_point01.png" />
				</imageobject>
				<caption><para>A linestring with the interpolated point at 20% position (0.20) </para></caption>
			  </mediaobject>
			</informalfigure>
			<programlisting>--Return point 20% along 2d line
SELECT ST_AsEWKT(ST_LineInterpolatePoint(the_line, 0.20))
	FROM (SELECT ST_GeomFromEWKT('LINESTRING(25 50, 100 125, 150 190)') as the_line) As foo;
   st_asewkt
----------------
 POINT(51.5974135047432 76.5974135047432)

</programlisting>
<programlisting>
--Return point mid-way of 3d line
SELECT ST_AsEWKT(ST_LineInterpolatePoint(the_line, 0.5))
	FROM (SELECT ST_GeomFromEWKT('LINESTRING(1 2 3, 4 5 6, 6 7 8)') as the_line) As foo;

	st_asewkt
--------------------
 POINT(3.5 4.5 5.5)


--find closest point on a line to a point or other geometry
 SELECT ST_AsText(ST_LineInterpolatePoint(foo.the_line, ST_LineLocatePoint(foo.the_line, ST_GeomFromText('POINT(4 3)'))))
FROM (SELECT ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(1 2, 4 5, 6 7)') As the_line) As foo;
   st_astext
----------------
 POINT(3 4)

</programlisting>
		  </refsection>

		  <!-- Optionally add a "See Also" section -->
		  <refsection>
			<title>See Also</title>

			<para>
				<xref linkend="ST_AsText" />,
				<xref linkend="ST_AsEWKT" />,
				<xref linkend="ST_Length" />,
				<xref linkend="ST_LineInterpolatePoints" />
				<xref linkend="ST_LineLocatePoint" />
			O</para>
		  </refsection>
		</refentry>

		<refentry id="ST_LineInterpolatePoints">
		  <refnamediv>
			<refname>ST_LineInterpolatePoints</refname>

			<refpurpose>
				Returns one or more points interpolated along a line.
			</refpurpose>
		  </refnamediv>

		  <refsynopsisdiv>
			<funcsynopsis>
			  <funcprototype>
				<funcdef>geometry <function>ST_LineInterpolatePoints</function></funcdef>
				<paramdef><type>geometry </type> <parameter>a_linestring</parameter></paramdef>
				<paramdef><type>float8 </type> <parameter>a_fraction</parameter></paramdef>
				<paramdef><type>boolean </type> <parameter>repeat</parameter></paramdef>
			  </funcprototype>
			</funcsynopsis>
		  </refsynopsisdiv>

		  <refsection>
			<title>Description</title>

			<para>Returns one or more points interpolated along a line. First argument
			must be a LINESTRING. Second argument is a float8 between 0 and 1
			representing the spacing between the points as a fraction of total
			LineString length. If the third argument is false, at most one point
			will be constructed (the function will be equivalent to <xref linkend="ST_LineInterpolatePoint" />.)
		</para>

		<para>
			If the result has zero or one points, it will be returned as a POINT.
			If it has two or more points, it will be returned as a MULTIPOINT.
		</para>


			<para>Availability: 2.5.0</para>
			<para>&Z_support;</para>
			<para>&M_support;</para>
		  </refsection>

		  <refsection>
			<title>Examples</title>
			<informalfigure>
			  <mediaobject>
				<imageobject>
				  <imagedata fileref="images/st_line_interpolate_points01.png" />
				</imageobject>
				<caption><para>A linestring with the interpolated points every 20% </para></caption>
			  </mediaobject>
			</informalfigure>
			<programlisting>--Return points each 20% along a 2D line
SELECT ST_AsText(ST_LineInterpolatePoints('LINESTRING(25 50, 100 125, 150 190)', 0.20))
   st_astext
----------------
 MULTIPOINT(51.5974135047432 76.5974135047432,78.1948270094864 103.194827009486,104.132163186446 130.37181214238,127.066081593223 160.18590607119,150 190)
</programlisting>
		  </refsection>

		  <refsection>
			<title>See Also</title>

			<para>
				<xref linkend="ST_LineInterpolatePoint" />
				<xref linkend="ST_LineLocatePoint" />
			</para>
		  </refsection>
		</refentry>

		<refentry id="ST_LineLocatePoint">
		  <refnamediv>
			<refname>ST_LineLocatePoint</refname>

			<refpurpose>Returns a float between 0 and 1 representing the location of
			the closest point on LineString to the given Point, as a fraction
			of total 2d line length.</refpurpose>
		  </refnamediv>

		  <refsynopsisdiv>
			<funcsynopsis>
			  <funcprototype>
				<funcdef>float8 <function>ST_LineLocatePoint</function></funcdef>
				<paramdef><type>geometry </type> <parameter>a_linestring</parameter></paramdef>
				<paramdef><type>geometry </type> <parameter>a_point</parameter></paramdef>
			  </funcprototype>
			</funcsynopsis>
		  </refsynopsisdiv>

		  <refsection>
			<title>Description</title>

			 <para>Returns a float between 0 and 1 representing the location of
			the closest point on LineString to the given Point, as a fraction
			of total <link linkend="ST_Length2D">2d line</link> length.</para>

			<para>You can use the returned location to extract a Point (<xref linkend="ST_LineInterpolatePoint" />) or
			a substring (<xref linkend="ST_LineSubstring" />).</para>

			<para>This is useful for approximating numbers of addresses</para>

			<para>Availability: 1.1.0</para>
      <para>Changed: 2.1.0. Up to 2.0.x this was called ST_Line_Locate_Point.</para>
		  </refsection>


		  <refsection>
			<title>Examples</title>

			<programlisting>
--Rough approximation of finding the street number of a point along the street
--Note the whole foo thing is just to generate dummy data that looks
--like house centroids and street
--We use ST_DWithin to exclude
--houses too far away from the street to be considered on the street
SELECT ST_AsText(house_loc) As as_text_house_loc,
	startstreet_num +
		CAST( (endstreet_num - startstreet_num)
			* ST_LineLocatePoint(street_line, house_loc) As integer) As street_num
FROM
(SELECT ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(1 2, 3 4)') As street_line,
	ST_MakePoint(x*1.01,y*1.03) As house_loc, 10 As startstreet_num,
		20 As endstreet_num
FROM generate_series(1,3) x CROSS JOIN generate_series(2,4) As y)
As foo
WHERE ST_DWithin(street_line, house_loc, 0.2);

 as_text_house_loc | street_num
-------------------+------------
 POINT(1.01 2.06)  |         10
 POINT(2.02 3.09)  |         15
 POINT(3.03 4.12)  |         20

 --find closest point on a line to a point or other geometry
 SELECT ST_AsText(ST_LineInterpolatePoint(foo.the_line, ST_LineLocatePoint(foo.the_line, ST_GeomFromText('POINT(4 3)'))))
FROM (SELECT ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(1 2, 4 5, 6 7)') As the_line) As foo;
   st_astext
----------------
 POINT(3 4)

</programlisting>
		  </refsection>

		  <!-- Optionally add a "See Also" section -->
		  <refsection>
			<title>See Also</title>

			<para><xref linkend="ST_DWithin" />, <xref linkend="ST_Length2D" />, <xref linkend="ST_LineInterpolatePoint" />, <xref linkend="ST_LineSubstring" /></para>
		  </refsection>
		</refentry>

		<refentry id="ST_LineSubstring">
		  <refnamediv>
			<refname>ST_LineSubstring</refname>

			<refpurpose>Return a linestring being a substring of the input one
			starting and ending at the given fractions of total 2d length.
			Second and third arguments are float8 values between 0 and
			1.</refpurpose>
		  </refnamediv>

		  <refsynopsisdiv>
			<funcsynopsis>
			  <funcprototype>
				<funcdef>geometry <function>ST_LineSubstring</function></funcdef>
				<paramdef><type>geometry </type> <parameter>a_linestring</parameter></paramdef>
				<paramdef><type>float8 </type> <parameter>startfraction</parameter></paramdef>
				<paramdef><type>float8 </type> <parameter>endfraction</parameter></paramdef>
			  </funcprototype>
			</funcsynopsis>
		  </refsynopsisdiv>

		  <refsection>
			<title>Description</title>

			<para>Return a linestring being a substring of the input one
			starting and ending at the given fractions of total 2d length.
			Second and third arguments are float8 values between 0 and
			1. This only works with LINESTRINGs.
			To use with contiguous MULTILINESTRINGs use in conjunction with <xref linkend="ST_LineMerge" />.</para>

			<para>If 'start' and 'end' have the same value this is equivalent
			to <xref linkend="ST_LineInterpolatePoint" />.</para>

			<para>See <xref linkend="ST_LineLocatePoint" /> for
			computing the line location nearest to a Point.</para>

			<note>
			  <para>Since release 1.1.1 this function also interpolates M and
			  Z values (when present), while prior releases set them to
			  unspecified values.</para>
			</note>

			<para>Availability: 1.1.0, Z and M supported added in 1.1.1</para>
			<para>Changed: 2.1.0. Up to 2.0.x this was called ST_Line_Substring.</para>
			<para>&Z_support;</para>
		  </refsection>

		  <refsection>
			<title>Examples</title>
			<informalfigure>
			  <mediaobject>
				<imageobject>
				  <imagedata fileref="images/st_line_substring01.png" />
				</imageobject>
				<caption><para>A linestring seen with 1/3 midrange overlaid (0.333, 0.666) </para></caption>
			  </mediaobject>
			</informalfigure>
	<programlisting>
--Return the approximate 1/3 mid-range part of a linestring
SELECT ST_AsText(ST_Line_SubString(ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(25 50, 100 125, 150 190)'), 0.333, 0.666));

										   st_astext
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LINESTRING(69.2846934853974 94.2846934853974,100 125,111.700356260683 140.210463138888)

--The below example simulates a while loop in
--SQL using PostgreSQL generate_series() to cut all
--linestrings in a table to 100 unit segments
-- of which no segment is longer than 100 units
-- units are measured in the SRID units of measurement
-- It also assumes all geometries are LINESTRING or contiguous MULTILINESTRING
--and no geometry is longer than 100 units*10000
--for better performance you can reduce the 10000
--to match max number of segments you expect

SELECT field1, field2, ST_LineSubstring(the_geom, 100.00*n/length,
  CASE
	WHEN 100.00*(n+1) &lt; length THEN 100.00*(n+1)/length
	ELSE 1
  END) As the_geom
FROM
  (SELECT sometable.field1, sometable.field2,
  ST_LineMerge(sometable.the_geom) AS the_geom,
  ST_Length(sometable.the_geom) As length
  FROM sometable
  ) AS t
CROSS JOIN generate_series(0,10000) AS n
WHERE n*100.00/length &lt; 1;
			</programlisting>
		  </refsection>

		  <!-- Optionally add a "See Also" section -->
		  <refsection>
			<title>See Also</title>

			<para><xref linkend="ST_Length" />, <xref linkend="ST_LineInterpolatePoint" />, <xref linkend="ST_LineMerge" /></para>
		  </refsection>
	</refentry>

	<refentry id="ST_LocateAlong">
	  <refnamediv>
		<refname>ST_LocateAlong</refname>

		<refpurpose>Return a derived geometry collection value with elements
			that match the specified measure. Polygonal elements are not
			supported.</refpurpose>
	  </refnamediv>

	  <refsynopsisdiv>
		<funcsynopsis>
		  <funcprototype>
			<funcdef>geometry <function>ST_LocateAlong</function></funcdef>
			<paramdef><type>geometry </type> <parameter>ageom_with_measure</parameter></paramdef>
			<paramdef><type>float8 </type> <parameter>a_measure</parameter></paramdef>
			<paramdef choice="opt"><type>float8 </type> <parameter>offset</parameter></paramdef>
		  </funcprototype>
		</funcsynopsis>
	  </refsynopsisdiv>

	  <refsection>
		<title>Description</title>

		<para>Return a derived geometry collection value with elements
		that match the specified measure. Polygonal elements are not
		supported.</para>

		<para>If an offset is provided, the resultant will be offset to the
		left or right of the input line by the specified number of units.
		A positive offset will be to the left, and a negative one to the
		right.</para>

		<para>Semantic is specified by: ISO/IEC CD 13249-3:200x(E) - Text
		for Continuation CD Editing Meeting</para>

		<para>Availability: 1.1.0 by old name ST_Locate_Along_Measure. </para>
		<para>Changed: 2.0.0 in prior versions this used to be called ST_Locate_Along_Measure.  The old name has been deprecated and will be removed in the future but is still available.</para>
		<note><para>Use this function only for geometries with an M component</para></note>

		<para>&M_support;</para>
	  </refsection>


	  <refsection>
		<title>Examples</title>
		<programlisting>SELECT ST_AsText(the_geom)
		FROM
		(SELECT ST_LocateAlong(
			ST_GeomFromText('MULTILINESTRINGM((1 2 3, 3 4 2, 9 4 3),
		(1 2 3, 5 4 5))'),3) As the_geom) As foo;

						 st_asewkt
-----------------------------------------------------------
 MULTIPOINT M (1 2 3)

--Geometry collections are difficult animals so dump them
--to make them more digestable
SELECT ST_AsText((ST_Dump(the_geom)).geom)
	FROM
	(SELECT ST_LocateAlong(
			ST_GeomFromText('MULTILINESTRINGM((1 2 3, 3 4 2, 9 4 3),
	(1 2 3, 5 4 5))'),3) As the_geom) As foo;

   st_asewkt
---------------
 POINTM(1 2 3)
 POINTM(9 4 3)
 POINTM(1 2 3)
	</programlisting>
	  </refsection>

	  <!-- Optionally add a "See Also" section -->
	  <refsection>
		<title>See Also</title>

		<para><xref linkend="ST_Dump" />, <xref linkend="ST_LocateBetween" />, <xref linkend="ST_LocateBetweenElevations" /></para>
	  </refsection>
	</refentry>

	<refentry id="ST_LocateBetween">
	  <refnamediv>
		<refname>ST_LocateBetween</refname>

		<refpurpose>Return a derived geometry collection value with elements
			that match the specified range of measures inclusively. Polygonal
			elements are not supported.</refpurpose>
	  </refnamediv>

	  <refsynopsisdiv>
		<funcsynopsis>
		  <funcprototype>
			<funcdef>geometry <function>ST_LocateBetween</function></funcdef>
			<paramdef><type>geometry </type> <parameter>geomA</parameter></paramdef>
			<paramdef><type>float8 </type> <parameter>measure_start</parameter></paramdef>
			<paramdef><type>float8 </type> <parameter>measure_end</parameter></paramdef>
			<paramdef choice="opt"><type>float8 </type> <parameter>offset</parameter></paramdef>
		  </funcprototype>

		</funcsynopsis>
	  </refsynopsisdiv>

	  <refsection>
		<title>Description</title>

		<para>Return a derived geometry collection with elements that match the specified range of
		measures inclusively. Polygonal elements are not supported.</para>

		<para>If an offset is provided, the resultant will be offset to the left or right of the
		input line by the specified number of units. A positive offset will be to the left, and
                a negative one to the right.</para>

		<para>Semantic is specified by: ISO/IEC CD 13249-3:200x(E) - Text for Continuation
		CD Editing Meeting</para>

		<para>Availability: 1.1.0 by old name ST_Locate_Between_Measures. </para>
		<para>Changed: 2.0.0 - in prior versions this used to be called ST_Locate_Between_Measures.  The old name has been deprecated and will be removed in the future but is still available for backward compatibility.</para>

		<para>&M_support;</para>
	  </refsection>

	  <refsection>
		<title>Examples</title>

		<programlisting>SELECT ST_AsText(the_geom)
		FROM
		(SELECT ST_LocateBetween(
			ST_GeomFromText('MULTILINESTRING M ((1 2 3, 3 4 2, 9 4 3),
		(1 2 3, 5 4 5))'),1.5, 3) As the_geom) As foo;

							 st_asewkt
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 GEOMETRYCOLLECTION M (LINESTRING M (1 2 3,3 4 2,9 4 3),POINT M (1 2 3))

--Geometry collections are difficult animals so dump them
--to make them more digestable
SELECT ST_AsText((ST_Dump(the_geom)).geom)
		FROM
		(SELECT ST_LocateBetween(
			ST_GeomFromText('MULTILINESTRING M ((1 2 3, 3 4 2, 9 4 3),
		(1 2 3, 5 4 5))'),1.5, 3) As the_geom) As foo;

		   st_asewkt
--------------------------------
 LINESTRING M (1 2 3,3 4 2,9 4 3)
 POINT M (1 2 3)</programlisting>
	  </refsection>

	  <!-- Optionally add a "See Also" section -->
	  <refsection>
		<title>See Also</title>

		<para><xref linkend="ST_Dump" />, <xref linkend="ST_LocateAlong" />, <xref linkend="ST_LocateBetweenElevations" /></para>
	  </refsection>
	</refentry>

	<refentry id="ST_LocateBetweenElevations">
	  <refnamediv>
		<refname>ST_LocateBetweenElevations</refname>

		<refpurpose>Return a derived geometry (collection) value with elements
			that intersect the specified range of elevations inclusively. Only 3D, 4D LINESTRINGS and MULTILINESTRINGS
			are supported.</refpurpose>
	  </refnamediv>

	  <refsynopsisdiv>
		<funcsynopsis>
		  <funcprototype>
			<funcdef>geometry <function>ST_LocateBetweenElevations</function></funcdef>
			<paramdef><type>geometry </type> <parameter>geom_mline</parameter></paramdef>
			<paramdef><type>float8 </type> <parameter>elevation_start</parameter></paramdef>
			<paramdef><type>float8 </type> <parameter>elevation_end</parameter></paramdef>
		  </funcprototype>

		</funcsynopsis>
	  </refsynopsisdiv>

	  <refsection>
		<title>Description</title>

		   <para>Return a derived geometry (collection) value with elements
			that intersect the specified range of elevations inclusively. Only 3D, 3DM LINESTRINGS and MULTILINESTRINGS
			are supported.</para>

			<para>Availability: 1.4.0</para>

		<para>&Z_support;</para>
	  </refsection>

	  <refsection>
		<title>Examples</title>

		<programlisting>SELECT ST_AsEWKT(ST_LocateBetweenElevations(
			ST_GeomFromEWKT('LINESTRING(1 2 3, 4 5 6)'),2,4)) As ewelev;
								   ewelev
----------------------------------------------------------------
	MULTILINESTRING((1 2 3,2 3 4))

SELECT ST_AsEWKT(ST_LocateBetweenElevations(
			ST_GeomFromEWKT('LINESTRING(1 2 6, 4 5 -1, 7 8 9)'),6,9)) As ewelev;

				ewelev
----------------------------------------------------------------
GEOMETRYCOLLECTION(POINT(1 2 6),LINESTRING(6.1 7.1 6,7 8 9))

--Geometry collections are difficult animals so dump them
--to make them more digestable
SELECT ST_AsEWKT((ST_Dump(the_geom)).geom)
		FROM
		(SELECT ST_LocateBetweenElevations(
			ST_GeomFromEWKT('LINESTRING(1 2 6, 4 5 -1, 7 8 9)'),6,9) As the_geom) As foo;

		   st_asewkt
--------------------------------
POINT(1 2 6)
LINESTRING(6.1 7.1 6,7 8 9)
</programlisting>
	  </refsection>

	  <!-- Optionally add a "See Also" section -->
	  <refsection>
		<title>See Also</title>

		<para><xref linkend="ST_Dump" /></para>
	  </refsection>
	</refentry>


		<refentry id="ST_InterpolatePoint">
		  <refnamediv>
			<refname>ST_InterpolatePoint</refname>

			<refpurpose>Return the value of the measure dimension of a geometry at the point closed to the provided point.</refpurpose>
		  </refnamediv>

		  <refsynopsisdiv>
			<funcsynopsis>
			  <funcprototype>
				<funcdef>float8 <function>ST_InterpolatePoint</function></funcdef>
				<paramdef><type>geometry </type> <parameter>line</parameter></paramdef>
				<paramdef><type>geometry </type> <parameter>point</parameter></paramdef>
			  </funcprototype>

			</funcsynopsis>
		  </refsynopsisdiv>

		  <refsection>
			<title>Description</title>

			   <para>Return the value of the measure dimension of a geometry at the point closed to the provided point.</para>

				<para>Availability: 2.0.0</para>

			<para>&Z_support;</para>
		  </refsection>

		  <refsection>
			<title>Examples</title>

			<programlisting>SELECT ST_InterpolatePoint('LINESTRING M (0 0 0, 10 0 20)', 'POINT(5 5)');
 st_interpolatepoint
 ---------------------
			            10
	</programlisting>
		  </refsection>

		  <refsection>
			<title>See Also</title>

			<para><xref linkend="ST_AddMeasure" />, <xref linkend="ST_LocateAlong" />, <xref linkend="ST_LocateBetween" /></para>
		  </refsection>

		</refentry>


	<refentry id="ST_AddMeasure">
	  <refnamediv>
		<refname>ST_AddMeasure</refname>

		<refpurpose>Return a derived geometry with measure elements linearly interpolated between the start and end points.</refpurpose>
	  </refnamediv>

	  <refsynopsisdiv>
		<funcsynopsis>
		  <funcprototype>
			<funcdef>geometry <function>ST_AddMeasure</function></funcdef>
			<paramdef><type>geometry </type> <parameter>geom_mline</parameter></paramdef>
			<paramdef><type>float8 </type> <parameter>measure_start</parameter></paramdef>
			<paramdef><type>float8 </type> <parameter>measure_end</parameter></paramdef>
		  </funcprototype>

		</funcsynopsis>
	  </refsynopsisdiv>

	  <refsection>
		<title>Description</title>

		   <para>Return a derived geometry with measure elements linearly interpolated between the start and end points. If the geometry has no measure dimension, one is added. If the geometry has a measure dimension, it is over-written with new values. Only LINESTRINGS and MULTILINESTRINGS are supported.</para>

			<para>Availability: 1.5.0</para>

		<para>&Z_support;</para>
	  </refsection>

	  <refsection>
		<title>Examples</title>

		<programlisting>SELECT ST_AsText(ST_AddMeasure(
ST_GeomFromEWKT('LINESTRING(1 0, 2 0, 4 0)'),1,4)) As ewelev;
           ewelev
--------------------------------
 LINESTRINGM(1 0 1,2 0 2,4 0 4)

SELECT ST_AsText(ST_AddMeasure(
ST_GeomFromEWKT('LINESTRING(1 0 4, 2 0 4, 4 0 4)'),10,40)) As ewelev;
                 ewelev
----------------------------------------
 LINESTRING(1 0 4 10,2 0 4 20,4 0 4 40)

SELECT ST_AsText(ST_AddMeasure(
ST_GeomFromEWKT('LINESTRINGM(1 0 4, 2 0 4, 4 0 4)'),10,40)) As ewelev;
                 ewelev
----------------------------------------
 LINESTRINGM(1 0 10,2 0 20,4 0 40)

SELECT ST_AsText(ST_AddMeasure(
ST_GeomFromEWKT('MULTILINESTRINGM((1 0 4, 2 0 4, 4 0 4),(1 0 4, 2 0 4, 4 0 4))'),10,70)) As ewelev;
                             ewelev
-----------------------------------------------------------------
 MULTILINESTRINGM((1 0 10,2 0 20,4 0 40),(1 0 40,2 0 50,4 0 70))
</programlisting>
	  </refsection>

	</refentry>

  </sect1>