cartodb-postgresql/scripts-available/CDB_GreatCircle.sql
2019-03-01 11:27:09 +01:00

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PL/PgSQL

-- 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 $$
DECLARE
line geometry;
BEGIN
line = ST_Segmentize(
ST_Makeline(
start_point,
end_point
)::geography,
max_segment_length
)::geometry;
IF ST_XMax(line) - ST_XMin(line) > 180 THEN
line = ST_Difference(
ST_ShiftLongitude(line),
ST_Buffer(ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(180 90, 180 -90)', 4326), 0.00001)
);
END IF;
RETURN line;
END;
$$
LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' IMMUTABLE STRICT PARALLEL SAFE;