ST_PointFromGeoHash

Name

ST_PointFromGeoHash — Return a point from a GeoHash string.

Synopsis

point ST_PointFromGeoHash ( text geohash , integer precision=full_precision_of_geohash ) ;

Description

Return a point from a GeoHash string. The point represents the center point of the GeoHash.

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

If precision is specified ST_PointFromGeoHash will use that many characters from the GeoHash to create the point.

Availability: 2.1.0

Examples

SELECT ST_AsText(ST_PointFromGeoHash('9qqj7nmxncgyy4d0dbxqz0'));
          st_astext
------------------------------
 POINT(-115.172816 36.114646)

SELECT ST_AsText(ST_PointFromGeoHash('9qqj7nmxncgyy4d0dbxqz0', 4));
             st_astext
-----------------------------------
 POINT(-115.13671875 36.123046875)

SELECT ST_AsText(ST_PointFromGeoHash('9qqj7nmxncgyy4d0dbxqz0', 10));
                 st_astext
-------------------------------------------
 POINT(-115.172815918922 36.1146435141563)