st_simplify
function
Applies to: Databricks Runtime 17.1 and above
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Simplifies the input GEOMETRY
using the Douglas-Peucker algorithm.
Syntax
st_simplify ( geo, tolerance )
Arguments
geo
: AGEOMETRY
value.tolerance
: ADOUBLE
value that is the distance value used for the simplification. The distance units are those of the CRS of the input geometry.
Returns
A value of type GEOMETRY
, representing the simplified geometry.
Points and multipoints remain unchanged. If the input is a geometry collection, the elements of the collection are simplified recursively. If the input geometry has M coordinates they are dropped.
The SRID value of the output geometry is the same as that of the input value.
The function returns NULL
if any of the inputs is NULL
.
Examples
SQL
-- Simplifies linestring with tolerance 0.2.
> SELECT st_astext(st_simplify(st_geomfromtext('LINESTRING(0 0,5.1 0,10 0,10 3,10 8,16 9)'), 0.2));
LINESTRING(0 0,10 0,10 8,16 9)
-- Returns unchanged point geometry.
> SELECT st_astext(st_simplify(st_geomfromtext('POINT(1 2)'), 1.0));
POINT(1 2)