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H3_CELL_TO_BOUNDARY¶
Returns the GEOGRAPHY object representing the boundary of an H3 cell.
Syntax¶
H3_CELL_TO_BOUNDARY( <cell_id> )
Arguments¶
cell_idAn INTEGER that represents the H3 cell ID (index (https://h3geo.org/docs/core-library/h3Indexing)), or a VARCHAR that represents the cell ID in hexadecimal format.
Returns¶
Returns a GEOGRAPHY object that represents the boundary of the H3 cell with the specified ID.
Examples¶
The following example returns the GEOGRAPHY object that represents the boundary of the H3 cell containing the Brandenburg Gate. The example specifies the H3 cell ID as an INTEGER value.
SELECT H3_CELL_TO_BOUNDARY(613036919424548863);
+-----------------------------------------+
| H3_CELL_TO_BOUNDARY(613036919424548863) |
|-----------------------------------------|
| { |
| "coordinates": [ |
| [ |
| [ |
| 1.337146281884266e+01, |
| 5.251934565725256e+01 |
| ], |
| [ |
| 1.336924966147084e+01, |
| 5.251510220405509e+01 |
| ], |
| [ |
| 1.337455447449988e+01, |
| 5.251214028989955e+01 |
| ], |
| [ |
| 1.338207263166664e+01, |
| 5.251342164903257e+01 |
| ], |
| [ |
| 1.338428664751681e+01, |
| 5.251766506194694e+01 |
| ], |
| [ |
| 1.337898164779325e+01, |
| 5.252062715603375e+01 |
| ], |
| [ |
| 1.337146281884266e+01, |
| 5.251934565725256e+01 |
| ] |
| ] |
| ], |
| "type": "Polygon" |
| } |
+-----------------------------------------+
The following example specifies the hexadecimal value of H3 cell ID as a VARCHAR to return the same coordinates as the previous example.
SELECT H3_CELL_TO_BOUNDARY('881F1D4887FFFFF');
+----------------------------------------+
| H3_CELL_TO_BOUNDARY('881F1D4887FFFFF') |
|----------------------------------------|
| { |
| "coordinates": [ |
| [ |
| [ |
| 1.337146281884266e+01, |
| 5.251934565725256e+01 |
| ], |
| [ |
| 1.336924966147084e+01, |
| 5.251510220405509e+01 |
| ], |
| [ |
| 1.337455447449988e+01, |
| 5.251214028989955e+01 |
| ], |
| [ |
| 1.338207263166664e+01, |
| 5.251342164903257e+01 |
| ], |
| [ |
| 1.338428664751681e+01, |
| 5.251766506194694e+01 |
| ], |
| [ |
| 1.337898164779325e+01, |
| 5.252062715603375e+01 |
| ], |
| [ |
| 1.337146281884266e+01, |
| 5.251934565725256e+01 |
| ] |
| ] |
| ], |
| "type": "Polygon" |
| } |
+----------------------------------------+