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st_geomfromgeojson function

Applies to: check marked yes Databricks SQL check marked yes Databricks Runtime 17.1 and above

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Parses the GeoJSON description of a geometry and returns the corresponding GEOMETRY value. The SRID value of the returned GEOMETRY value is 4326.

Syntax

st_geomfromgeojson ( geojsonExpr )

Arguments

  • geojsonExpr: A STRING value, representing a geography in GeoJSON format.

Returns

A value of type GEOMETRY(4326), corresponding to the input GeoJSON description.

The function returns NULL if the input is NULL.

Error conditions

Examples

SQL
-- Simple example.
> SELECT st_asewkt(st_geomfromgeojson('{"type":"Point","coordinates":[10,34,23]}'));
SRID=4326;POINT Z (10 34 23)