cartodb-postgresql/scripts-available/CDB_GreatCircle.sql

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PL/PgSQL

-- Return a line for the Great Circle between two points
--
-- start_point geometry : The origin of the line
-- end_point geometry : The distination of the line
-- retruns geometry
create or replace function CDB_GreatCircle(start_point geometry ,end_point geometry ) RETURNS geometry as
$$
DECLARE
line geometry;
BEGIN
line = ST_Segmentize(
ST_Makeline(
start_point,
end_point
)::geography,
100000
)::geometry;
if ST_XMax(line) - ST_XMin(line) > 180 then
line = ST_Difference(
ST_Shift_Longitude(line), ST_Buffer(ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(180 90, 180 -90)',4326), 0.00001));
end if;
return line;
END $$
LANGUAGE 'plpgsql'