Merge pull request #171 from CartoDB/great_circle_generator

Adding function to produce a great circle between two points.
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Rafa de la Torre 2015-11-24 15:54:47 +01:00
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Based on Paul Ramsey's [blog post](http://blog.cartodb.com/jets-and-datelines/).
#### Using the function
Creates a great circle line.
```sql
SELECT CDB_GreatCircle(start_point, end_point) FROM table_name
-- Results a line reprsenting the great circle between the two points
```
#### Arguments
CDB_GreatCircle(start_point, end_point)
* **start_point** ST_Point indicating the start of the line.
* **end_point** ST_point indicating the end of the line.

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-- Great circle point-to-point routes, based on:
-- http://blog.cartodb.com/jets-and-datelines/
--
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION CDB_GreatCircle(start_point geometry, end_point geometry, max_segment_length NUMERIC DEFAULT 100000)
RETURNS geometry AS $$
DECLARE
line geometry;
BEGIN
line = ST_Segmentize(
ST_Makeline(
start_point,
end_point
)::geography,
max_segment_length
)::geometry;
IF ST_XMax(line) - ST_XMin(line) > 180 THEN
line = ST_Difference(
ST_Shift_Longitude(line),
ST_Buffer(ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(180 90, 180 -90)', 4326), 0.00001)
);
END IF;
RETURN line;
END;
$$
LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';

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../scripts-available/CDB_GreatCircle.sql

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select ST_AsText(CDB_GreatCircle(CDB_LatLng(55.8580,4.2590), CDB_LatLng(40.7127,74.0059)));
select ST_AsText(CDB_GreatCircle(CDB_LatLng(55.8580,4.2590), CDB_LatLng(40.7127,74.0059), 50000));

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