Name
ST_NDims — Returns the coordinate dimension of a geometry.
Synopsis
integer
ST_NDims
(
geometry
g1
)
;
Description
Returns the coordinate dimension of the geometry. PostGIS supports 2 - (x,y) , 3 - (x,y,z) or 2D with measure - x,y,m, and 4 - 3D with measure space x,y,z,m
This function supports 3d and will not drop the z-index.
Examples
SELECT ST_NDims(ST_GeomFromText('POINT(1 1)')) As d2point,
ST_NDims(ST_GeomFromEWKT('POINT(1 1 2)')) As d3point,
ST_NDims(ST_GeomFromEWKT('POINTM(1 1 0.5)')) As d2pointm;
d2point | d3point | d2pointm
---------+---------+----------
2 | 3 | 3