ST_Box2dFromGeoHash

Name

ST_Box2dFromGeoHash — Return a BOX2D from a GeoHash string.

Synopsis

box2d ST_Box2dFromGeoHash ( text geohash , integer precision=full_precision_of_geohash ) ;

Description

Return a BOX2D from a GeoHash string.

If no precision is specified ST_Box2dFromGeoHash returns a BOX2D based on full precision of the input GeoHash string.

If precision is specified ST_Box2dFromGeoHash will use that many characters from the GeoHash to create the BOX2D. Lower precision values results in larger BOX2Ds and larger values increase the precision.

Availability: 2.1.0

Examples

SELECT ST_Box2dFromGeoHash('9qqj7nmxncgyy4d0dbxqz0');

                st_geomfromgeohash
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 BOX(-115.172816 36.114646,-115.172816 36.114646)

SELECT ST_Box2dFromGeoHash('9qqj7nmxncgyy4d0dbxqz0', 0);

 st_box2dfromgeohash
----------------------
 BOX(-180 -90,180 90)

 SELECT ST_Box2dFromGeoHash('9qqj7nmxncgyy4d0dbxqz0', 10);
                            st_box2dfromgeohash
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 BOX(-115.17282128334 36.1146408319473,-115.172810554504 36.1146461963654)