crankshaft/doc/08_interpolation.md
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## Spacial interpolation
Function to interpolate a numeric attribute of a point in a scatter dataset of points, using one of three methos:
* [Nearest neighbor(s)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nearest-neighbor_interpolation)
* [Barycentric](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barycentric_coordinate_system)
* [IDW](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse_distance_weighting)
### CDB_SpatialInterpolation (query text, point geometry, method integer DEFAULT 1, p1 integer DEFAULT 0, ps integer DEFAULT 0)
#### Arguments
| Name | Type | Description |
|------|------|-------------|
| query | text | query that returns at least `the_geom` and a numeric value as `attrib` |
| point | geometry | The target point to calc the value |
| method | integer | 0:nearest neighbor, 1: barycentric, 2: IDW|
| p1 | integer | limit the number of neighbors, IDW: 0->no limit, NN: 0-> closest one|
| p2 | integer | IDW: order of distance decay, 0-> order 1|
### CDB_SpatialInterpolation (geom geometry[], values numeric[], point geometry, method integer DEFAULT 1, p1 integer DEFAULT 0, ps integer DEFAULT 0)
#### Arguments
| Name | Type | Description |
|------|------|-------------|
| geom | geometry[] | Array of points's geometries |
| values | numeric[] | Array of points' values for the param under study|
| point | geometry | The target point to calc the value |
| method | integer | 0:nearest neighbor, 1: barycentric, 2: IDW|
| p1 | integer | limit the number of neighbors, IDW: 0->no limit, NN: 0-> closest one|
| p2 | integer | IDW: order of distance decay, 0-> order 1|
### Returns
| Column Name | Type | Description |
|-------------|------|-------------|
| value | numeric | Interpolated value at the given point, `-888.888` if the given point is out of the boundaries of the source points set |
Default values:
* -888.888: when using Barycentric, the target point is out of the realm of the input points
* -777.777: asking for a method not available
#### Example Usage
```sql
with a as (
select
array_agg(the_geom) as geomin,
array_agg(temp::numeric) as colin
from table_4804232032
)
SELECT CDB_SpatialInterpolation(geomin, colin, CDB_latlng(41.38, 2.15),1) FROM a;
```