Categories:: Geospatial functions

ST_UNION_AGG¶

Given a GEOGRAPHY column, returns a GEOGRAPHY object that represents the combined set of points that are in at least one of the shapes represented by the objects in the column (that is, the union of the shapes).

See also:: ST_UNION , ST_INTERSECTION_AGG

Syntax¶

ST_UNION_AGG( <geography_column> )

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Arguments¶

geography_column: A GEOGRAPHY column.

Returns¶

The function returns a value of type GEOGRAPHY.

Examples¶

The following example uses a table that contains GEOGRAPHY objects that represent counties in different states. For each state, the example returns the shape that consists of the union of the areas of the counties in that state.

SELECT state_name,
  ST_UNION_AGG(county) as union_of_counties
  FROM counties_by_state
  GROUP BY state_name;

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