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ST_Point
ST_PointFromText
ST_PointFromWKB
ST_PointN
ST_PointOnSurface
ST_Point_Inside_Circle
ST_Polygon
ST_PolygonFromText
ST_Polygonize
ST_Relate
ST_RemovePoint
ST_Reverse
ST_Rotate
ST_RotateX
ST_RotateY
ST_RotateZ
ST_SRID
ST_Scale
ST_Segmentize
ST_SetPoint
ST_SetSRID
ST_Shift_Longitude
ST_ShortestLine
ST_Simplify
ST_SimplifyPreserveTopology
ST_SnapToGrid
ST_StartPoint
ST_Summary
ST_SymDifference
ST_Touches
ST_TransScale
ST_Transform
ST_Translate
ST_Union

geography

3D (2.5D)

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ST_WKBToSQL
ST_WKTToSQL
ST_Within
ST_X
ST_XMax
ST_XMin
ST_Y
ST_YMax
ST_YMin
ST_Z
ST_ZMax
ST_ZMin
ST_Zmflag

8.9 New PostGIS Functions

8.9.1 PostGIS Functions new, behavior changed, or enhanced in 1.5
The functions given below are PostGIS functions that were introduced or enhanced in this major release.
PostGIS_LibXML_Version - Availability: 1.5 Returns the version number of the libxml2 library.
ST_AddMeasure - Availability: 1.5.0 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.
ST_AsBinary - Availability: 1.5.0 geography support was introduced. Return the Well-Known Binary (WKB) representation
of the geometry/geography without SRID meta data.
ST_AsGeoJSON - Availability: 1.5.0 geography support was introduced. Return the geometry as a GeoJSON element.
ST_AsText - Availability: 1.5 - support for geography was introduced. Return the Well-Known Text (WKT) representation of
the geometry/geography without SRID metadata.

ST_Buffer - Availability: 1.5 - ST_Buffer was enhanced to support different endcaps and join types. These are useful for
example to convert road linestrings into polygon roads with flat or square edges instead of rounded edges. Thin wrapper for geography was added. - requires GEOS >= 3.2 to take advantage of advanced geometry functionality. (T) For geometry: Returns
a geometry that represents all points whose distance from this Geometry is less than or equal to distance. Calculations are in the
Spatial Reference System of this Geometry. For geography: Uses a planar transform wrapper. Introduced in 1.5 support for different end cap and mitre settings to control shape. buffer_style options: quad_segs=#,endcap=round|flat|square,join=round|mitre|bevel,
ST_ClosestPoint - Availability: 1.5.0 Returns the 2-dimensional point on g1 that is closest to g2. This is the first point of the
shortest line.
ST_CollectionExtract - Availability: 1.5.0 Given a GEOMETRYCOLLECTION, returns a MULTI* geometry consisting only
of the specified type. Sub-geometries that are not the specified type are ignored. If there are no sub-geometries of the right
type, an EMPTY collection will be returned. Only points, lines and polygons are supported. Type numbers are 1 == POINT, 2
== LINESTRING, 3 == POLYGON.