ST_BdPolyFromText

Name

ST_BdPolyFromText — Construct a Polygon given an arbitrary collection of closed linestrings as a MultiLineString Well-Known text representation.

Synopsis

geometry ST_BdPolyFromText ( text WKT , integer srid ) ;

Description

Construct a Polygon given an arbitrary collection of closed linestrings as a MultiLineString Well-Known text representation.

[Note]

Throws an error if WKT is not a MULTILINESTRING. Throws an error if output is a MULTIPOLYGON; use ST_BdMPolyFromText in that case, or see ST_BuildArea() for a postgis-specific approach.

This method implements the OGC Simple Features Implementation Specification for SQL 1.1. s3.2.6.2

Performed by the GEOS module.

Availability: 1.1.0