Categories, uses and examples for spatial functions

This section introduces all the spatial functions and organizes them by category.

Spatial Analytics provides functions that:
  • Convert geometries to and from various data exchange formats or coordinate data. These functions are called constructor functions.
  • Compare geometries for boundaries, intersections, and other information. These functions are called comparison functions.
  • Return information about properties of geometries, such as coordinates and measures within geometries, relationships between geometries, and boundary and other information.
  • Generate new geometries from existing geometries.
  • Measure the shortest distance between points in geometries.
  • Provide projections and conversions between different coordinate systems.