Geo

A collection of GIS functions. Handles conversions to and from WKT, WKB, and GeoJSON for the following geometries:

  • Point
  • LineString
  • Polygon
  • MultiPoint
  • MulitLineString
  • MultiPolygon
  • GeometryCollection

Examples

  • Encode and decode WKT and EWKT
iex(1)> point = Geo.WKT.decode("POINT(30 -90)")
%Geo.Point{ coordinates: {30, -90}, srid: nil}

iex(2)> Geo.WKT.encode(point)
"POINT(30 -90)"

iex(3)> point = Geo.WKT.decode("SRID=4326;POINT(30 -90)")
%Geo.Point{coordinates: {30, -90}, srid: 4326}
  • Encode and decode WKB and EWKB
iex(1)> point = Geo.WKB.decode("0101000000000000000000F03F000000000000F03F")
%Geo.Point{ coordinates: {1.0, 1.0}, srid: nil }

iex(2)> Geo.WKB.encode(point)
"00000000013FF00000000000003FF0000000000000"

iex(3)> point = Geo.WKB.decode("0101000020E61000009EFB613A637B4240CF2C0950D3735EC0")
%Geo.Point{ coordinates: {36.9639657, -121.8097725}, srid: 4326 }

iex(4)> Geo.WKB.encode(point)
"0020000001000010E640427B633A61FB9EC05E73D350092CCF"
  • Encode and decode GeoJSON

Geo only encodes and decodes maps shaped as GeoJSON. JSON encoding and decoding must be done before and after.

#Examples using Poison as the JSON parser

iex(1)> Geo.JSON.encode(point)
%{ "type" => "Point", "coordinates" => [100.0, 0.0] }

iex(2)> point = Poison.decode!("{ "type": "Point", "coordinates": [100.0, 0.0] }") |> Geo.JSON.decode
%Geo.Point{ coordinates: {100.0, 0.0}, srid: nil }

iex(3)> Geo.JSON.encode(point) |> Poison.encode!
"{"type":"Point","coordinates":[100.0,0.0]}"
  • Postgrex Extension for PostGIS data types, Geometry and Geography
opts = [hostname: "localhost", username: "postgres", database: "geo_postgrex_test",
extensions: [{Geo.PostGIS, library: Geo}] ]

[hostname: "localhost", username: "postgres", database: "geo_postgrex_test",
 extensions: [{Geo.PostGIS, library: Geo}]]

{:ok, pid} = Postgrex.Connection.start_link(opts)
{:ok, #PID<0.115.0>}

geo = %Geo.Point{coordinates: {30, -90}, srid: 4326}
%Geo.Point{coordinates: {30, -90}, srid: 4326}

{:ok, _} = Postgrex.Connection.query(pid, "CREATE TABLE point_test (id int, geom geometry(Point, 4326))")
{:ok, %Postgrex.Result{columns: nil, command: :create_table, num_rows: 0, rows: nil}}

{:ok, _} = Postgrex.Connection.query(pid, "INSERT INTO point_test VALUES ($1, $2)", [42, geo])
{:ok, %Postgrex.Result{columns: nil, command: :insert, num_rows: 1, rows: nil}}

Postgrex.Connection.query(pid, "SELECT * FROM point_test")
{:ok, %Postgrex.Result{columns: ["id", "geom"], command: :select, num_rows: 1,
rows: [{42, %Geo.Point{coordinates: {30.0, -90.0}, srid: 4326 }}]}}
  • Can now be used with Ecto as well
#Add encoder, decoder, and formatter to your repo config
config :thanks, Repo,
  database: "geo_postgrex_test",
  username: "postgres",
  password: "postgres",
  hostname: "localhost",
  adapter: Ecto.Adapters.Postgres,
  extensions: [{Geo.PostGIS, library: Geo}]


#Create a model
defmodule Test do
  use Ecto.Model

  schema "test" do
    field :name,           :string
    field :geom,           Geo.Point
  end
end

#Geometry or Geography columns can be created in migrations too
defmodule Repo.Migrations.Init do
  use Ecto.Migration

  def up do
    create table(:test) do
      add :name,     :string
      add :geom,     :geometry
    end
  end

  def down do
    drop table(:test)
  end
end

Be sure to enable the Postgis extension if you haven’t already done so:

defmodule MyApp.Repo.Migrations.EnablePostgis do
  use Ecto.Migration

  def up do
    execute "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis"
  end

  def down do
    execute "DROP EXTENSION IF EXISTS postgis"
  end
end

Summary

Types