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PostGIS Support and Constraints

Updated on 2022-08-16 GMT+08:00

Supported Data Types

In GaussDB(DWS), PostGIS Extension support the following data types:

  • box2d
  • box3d
  • geometry_dump
  • geometry
  • geography
  • raster
NOTE:
  • The grid-related GUC parameters postgis.gdal_datapath, postgis.gdal_enabled_drivers, and postgis.enable_outdb_rasters have been enabled. You do not need to manually set them.
  • If PostGIS is used by a user other than the creator of the PostGIS, set the following GUC parameters:
    SET behavior_compat_options = 'bind_procedure_searchpath';

Supported Operators and Functions

Table 1 Operators and functions supported by PostGIS

Category

Function

Management functions

AddGeometryColumn, DropGeometryColumn, DropGeometryTable, PostGIS_Full_Version, PostGIS_GEOS_Version, PostGIS_Liblwgeom_Version, PostGIS_Lib_Build_Date, PostGIS_Lib_Version, PostGIS_PROJ_Version, PostGIS_Scripts_Build_Date, PostGIS_Scripts_Installed, PostGIS_Version, PostGIS_LibXML_Version, PostGIS_Scripts_Released, Populate_Geometry_Columns, UpdateGeometrySRID

Geometry constructors

ST_BdPolyFromText, ST_BdMPolyFromText, ST_Box2dFromGeoHash, ST_GeogFromText, ST_GeographyFromText, ST_GeogFromWKB, ST_GeomCollFromText, ST_GeomFromEWKB, ST_GeomFromEWKT, ST_GeometryFromText, ST_GeomFromGeoHash, ST_GeomFromGML, ST_GeomFromGeoJSON, ST_GeomFromKML, ST_GMLToSQL, ST_GeomFromText, ST_GeomFromWKB, ST_LineFromMultiPoint, ST_LineFromText, ST_LineFromWKB, ST_LinestringFromWKB, ST_MakeBox2D, ST_3DMakeBox, ST_MakeEnvelope, ST_MakePolygon, ST_MakePoint, ST_MakePointM, ST_MLineFromText, ST_MPointFromText, ST_MPolyFromText, ST_Point, ST_PointFromGeoHash, ST_PointFromText, ST_PointFromWKB, ST_Polygon, ST_PolygonFromText, ST_WKBToSQL, ST_WKTToSQL

Geometry accessors

GeometryType, ST_Boundary, ST_CoordDim, ST_Dimension, ST_EndPoint, ST_Envelope, ST_ExteriorRing, ST_GeometryN, ST_GeometryType, ST_InteriorRingN, ST_IsClosed, ST_IsCollection, ST_IsEmpty, ST_IsRing, ST_IsSimple, ST_IsValid, ST_IsValidReason, ST_IsValidDetail, ST_M, ST_NDims, ST_NPoints, ST_NRings, ST_NumGeometries, ST_NumInteriorRings, ST_NumInteriorRing, ST_NumPatches, ST_NumPoints, ST_PatchN, ST_PointN, ST_SRID, ST_StartPoint, ST_Summary, ST_X, ST_XMax, ST_XMin, ST_Y, ST_YMax, ST_YMin, ST_Z, ST_ZMax, ST_Zmflag, ST_ZMin

Geometry editors

ST_AddPoint, ST_Affine, ST_Force2D, ST_Force3D, ST_Force3DZ, ST_Force3DM, ST_Force4D, ST_ForceCollection, ST_ForceSFS, ST_ForceRHR, ST_LineMerge, ST_CollectionExtract, ST_CollectionHomogenize, ST_Multi, ST_RemovePoint, ST_Reverse, ST_Rotate, ST_RotateX, ST_RotateY, ST_RotateZ, ST_Scale, ST_Segmentize, ST_SetPoint, ST_SetSRID, ST_SnapToGrid, ST_Snap, ST_Transform, ST_Translate, ST_TransScale

Geometry outputs

ST_AsBinary, ST_AsEWKB, ST_AsEWKT, ST_AsGeoJSON, ST_AsGML, ST_AsHEXEWKB, ST_AsKML, ST_AsLatLonText, ST_AsSVG, ST_AsText, ST_AsX3D, ST_GeoHash

Operators

&&, &&&, &<, &<|, &>, <<, <<|, =, >>, @, |&>, |>>, ~, ~=, <->, <#>

Spatial relationships and measurements

ST_3DClosestPoint, ST_3DDistance, ST_3DDWithin, ST_3DDFullyWithin, ST_3DIntersects, ST_3DLongestLine, ST_3DMaxDistance, ST_3DShortestLine, ST_Area, ST_Azimuth, ST_Centroid, ST_ClosestPoint, ST_Contains, ST_ContainsProperly, ST_Covers, ST_CoveredBy, ST_Crosses, ST_LineCrossingDirection, ST_Disjoint, ST_Distance, ST_HausdorffDistance, ST_MaxDistance, ST_DistanceSphere, ST_DistanceSpheroid, ST_DFullyWithin, ST_DWithin, ST_Equals, ST_HasArc, ST_Intersects, ST_Length, ST_Length2D, ST_3DLength, ST_Length_Spheroid, ST_Length2D_Spheroid, ST_3DLength_Spheroid, ST_LongestLine, ST_OrderingEquals, ST_Overlaps, ST_Perimeter, ST_Perimeter2D, ST_3DPerimeter, ST_PointOnSurface, ST_Project, ST_Relate, ST_RelateMatch, ST_ShortestLine, ST_Touches, ST_Within

Geometry processing

ST_Buffer, ST_BuildArea, ST_Collect, ST_ConcaveHull, ST_ConvexHull, ST_CurveToLine, ST_DelaunayTriangles, ST_Difference, ST_Dump, ST_DumpPoints, ST_DumpRings, ST_FlipCoordinates, ST_Intersection, ST_LineToCurve, ST_MakeValid, ST_MemUnion, ST_MinimumBoundingCircle, ST_Polygonize, ST_Node, ST_OffsetCurve, ST_RemoveRepeatedPoints, ST_SharedPaths, ST_Shift_Longitude, ST_Simplify, ST_SimplifyPreserveTopology, ST_Split, ST_SymDifference, ST_Union, ST_UnaryUnion

Linear referencing

ST_LineInterpolatePoint, ST_LineLocatePoint, ST_LineSubstring, ST_LocateAlong, ST_LocateBetween, ST_LocateBetweenElevations, ST_InterpolatePoint, ST_AddMeasure

Miscellaneous functions

ST_Accum, Box2D, Box3D, ST_Expand, ST_Extent, ST_3Dextent, Find_SRID, ST_MemSize

Exceptional functions

PostGIS_AddBBox, PostGIS_DropBBox, PostGIS_HasBBox

Raster Management Functions

AddRasterConstraints, DropRasterConstraints, AddOverviewConstraints, DropOverviewConstraints, PostGIS_GDAL_Version, PostGIS_Raster_Lib_Build_Date, PostGIS_Raster_Lib_Version, and ST_GDALDrivers, and UpdateRasterSRID

Raster Constructors

ST_AddBand, ST_AsRaster, ST_Band, ST_MakeEmptyRaster, ST_Tile, and ST_FromGDALRaster

Raster Accessors

ST_GeoReference, ST_Height, ST_IsEmpty, ST_MetaData, ST_NumBands, ST_PixelHeight, ST_PixelWidth, ST_ScaleX, ST_ScaleY, ST_RasterToWorldCoord, ST_RasterToWorldCoordX, ST_RasterToWorldCoordY, ST_Rotation, ST_SkewX, ST_SkewY, ST_SRID, ST_Summary, ST_UpperLeftX, ST_UpperLeftY, ST_Width, ST_WorldToRasterCoord, ST_WorldToRasterCoordX, ST_WorldToRasterCoordY

Raster Band Accessors

ST_BandMetaData, ST_BandNoDataValue, ST_BandIsNoData, ST_BandPath, ST_BandPixelType, and ST_HasNoBand

Raster Pixel Accessors and Setters

ST_PixelAsPolygon, ST_PixelAsPolygons, ST_PixelAsPoint, ST_PixelAsPoints, ST_PixelAsCentroid, ST_PixelAsCentroids, ST_Value, ST_NearestValue, ST_Neighborhood, ST_SetValue, ST_SetValues, ST_DumpValues, and ST_PixelOfValue

Raster Editors

ST_SetGeoReference, ST_SetRotation, ST_SetScale, ST_SetSkew, ST_SetSRID, ST_SetUpperLeft, ST_Resample, ST_Rescale, ST_Reskew, and ST_SnapToGrid, ST_Resize, and ST_Transform

Raster Band Editors

ST_SetBandNoDataValue and ST_SetBandIsNoData

Raster Band Statistics and Analytics

ST_Count, ST_CountAgg, ST_Histogram, ST_Quantile, ST_SummaryStats, ST_SummaryStatsAgg, and ST_ValueCount

Raster Outputs

ST_AsBinary, ST_AsGDALRaster, ST_AsJPEG, ST_AsPNG, and ST_AsTIFF

Raster Processing

ST_Clip, ST_ColorMap, ST_Intersection, ST_MapAlgebra, ST_Reclass, and ST_Union ST_Distinct4ma, ST_InvDistWeight4ma, ST_Max4ma, ST_Mean4ma, ST_Min4ma, ST_MinDist4ma, ST_Range4ma, ST_StdDev4ma, and ST _Sum4ma, ST_Aspect, ST_HillShade, ST_Roughness, ST_Slope, ST_TPI, ST_TRI, Box3D, ST_ConvexHull, ST_DumpAsPolygons, and ST_ Envelope, ST_MinConvexHull, ST_Polygon, ST_Contains, ST_ContainsProperly, ST_Covers, ST_CoveredBy, ST_Disjoint, ST_Intersects, and ST_Overlaps, ST_Touches, ST_SameAlignment, ST_NotSameAlignmentReason, ST_Within, ST_DWithin, and ST_DFullyWithin

Raster Operators

&&, &<, &>, =, @, ~=, and ~

Spatial Indexes

In GaussDB(DWS), PostGIS Extension supports Generalized Search Tree (GIST) spatial indexes. This index type is inapplicable to partitioned tables. Different from B-tree indexes, GIS indexes are adaptable to all kinds of irregular data structures, which can effectively improve the retrieval efficiency for geometry and geographic data.

Run the following command to create a GiST index:

1
CREATE INDEX indexname ON tablename USING GIST ( geometryfield );

Extension Constraints

  • Only row-store tables are supported.
  • Only Oracle-compatible databases are supported.
  • The topology object management module, Topology, is not supported.
  • BRIN indexes are not supported.
  • The spatial_ref_sys table can only be queried during scale-out.

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