Spatial Analysis Functions
After populating spatial columns with values, you are ready to query and analyze them. MariaDB provides a set of functions to perform various operations on spatial data. These functions can be grouped into four major categories according to the type of operation they perform:
- Functions that convert geometries between various formats
- Functions that provide access to qualitative or quantitative properties of a geometry
- Functions that describe relations between two geometries
- Functions that create new geometries from existing ones
Spatial analysis functions can be used in many contexts, such as:
- Any interactive SQL program, such as mysql.
- Application programs written in any language that supports a MariaDB client API