An overview of GIS support in MariaDB, based on the OpenGIS Simple Feature Access standard.
External resources and further reading on GIS and spatial data in MariaDB.
CREATE TABLE object (shapeA POLYGON, shapeB LINESTRING);INSERT INTO geometry_example VALUES
(Point(0, 0)),
(ST_PolygonFromText('POLYGON((0 0, 0 1, 1 1, 1 0, 0 0))')),
(ST_LineFromText('LINESTRING(0 0, 1 1, 2 2)')),
(ST_MultiLineStringFromText(
'MULTILINESTRING((0 1, 0 2, 0 3),
(1 0, 2 0, 3 0))')),
(ST_MultiPointFromText('MULTIPOINT(0 0, 1 1, 0 1, 1 0)')),
(ST_MultiPolygonFromText(
'MULTIPOLYGON(((0 40, 0 20, 6 30, 12 20, 12 40, 0 40),
(15 40, 15 20, 25 20, 30 25, 30 35, 25 40, 15 40)))'));SELECT ST_AsWKT(g) FROM geometry_example;
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ST_AsWKT(g) |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| POINT(0 0) |
| POLYGON((0 0,0 1,1 1,1 0,0 0)) |
| LINESTRING(0 0,1 1,2 2) |
| MULTILINESTRING((0 1,0 2,0 3),(1 0,2 0,3 0)) |
| MULTIPOINT(0 0,1 1,0 1,1 0) |
| MULTIPOLYGON(((0 40,0 20,6 30,12 20,12 40,0 40),(15 40,15 20,25 20,30 25,30 35,25 40,15 40))) |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+CREATE TABLE gis_point (g POINT);
SHOW FIELDS FROM gis_point;
INSERT INTO gis_point VALUES
(PointFromText('POINT(10 10)')),
(PointFromText('POINT(20 10)')),
(PointFromText('POINT(20 20)')),
(PointFromWKB(AsWKB(PointFromText('POINT(10 20)'))));CREATE TABLE gis_line (g LINESTRING);
SHOW FIELDS FROM gis_line;
INSERT INTO gis_line VALUES
(LineFromText('LINESTRING(0 0,0 10,10 0)')),
(LineStringFromText('LINESTRING(10 10,20 10,20 20,10 20,10 10)')),
(LineStringFromWKB(AsWKB(LineString(Point(10, 10), Point(40, 10)))));CREATE TABLE gis_polygon (g POLYGON);
SHOW FIELDS FROM gis_polygon;
INSERT INTO gis_polygon VALUES
(PolygonFromText('POLYGON((10 10,20 10,20 20,10 20,10 10))')),
(PolyFromText('POLYGON((0 0,50 0,50 50,0 50,0 0), (10 10,20 10,20 20,10 20,10 10))')),
(PolyFromWKB(AsWKB(Polygon(LineString(Point(0, 0), Point(30, 0), Point(30, 30), Point(0, 0))))));CREATE TABLE gis_multi_point (g MULTIPOINT);
SHOW FIELDS FROM gis_multi_point;
INSERT INTO gis_multi_point VALUES
(MultiPointFromText('MULTIPOINT(0 0,10 10,10 20,20 20)')),
(MPointFromText('MULTIPOINT(1 1,11 11,11 21,21 21)')),
(MPointFromWKB(AsWKB(MultiPoint(Point(3, 6), Point(4, 10)))));CREATE TABLE gis_multi_line (g MULTILINESTRING);
SHOW FIELDS FROM gis_multi_line;
INSERT INTO gis_multi_line VALUES
(MultiLineStringFromText('MULTILINESTRING((10 48,10 21,10 0),(16 0,16 23,16 48))')),
(MLineFromText('MULTILINESTRING((10 48,10 21,10 0))')),
(MLineFromWKB(AsWKB(MultiLineString(LineString(Point(1, 2), Point(3, 5)), LineString(Point(2, 5), Point(5, 8), Point(21, 7))))));CREATE TABLE gis_multi_polygon (g MULTIPOLYGON);
SHOW FIELDS FROM gis_multi_polygon;
INSERT INTO gis_multi_polygon VALUES
(MultiPolygonFromText('MULTIPOLYGON(((28 26,28 0,84 0,84 42,28 26),(52 18,66 23,73 9,48 6,52 18)),((59 18,67 18,67 13,59 13,59 18)))')),
(MPolyFromText('MULTIPOLYGON(((28 26,28 0,84 0,84 42,28 26),(52 18,66 23,73 9,48 6,52 18)),((59 18,67 18,67 13,59 13,59 18)))')),
(MPolyFromWKB(AsWKB(MultiPolygon(Polygon(LineString(Point(0, 3), Point(3, 3), Point(3, 0), Point(0, 3)))))));CREATE TABLE gis_geometrycollection (g GEOMETRYCOLLECTION);
SHOW FIELDS FROM gis_geometrycollection;
INSERT INTO gis_geometrycollection VALUES
(GeomCollFromText('GEOMETRYCOLLECTION(POINT(0 0), LINESTRING(0 0,10 10))')),
(GeometryFromWKB(AsWKB(GeometryCollection(Point(44, 6), LineString(Point(3, 6), Point(7, 9)))))),
(GeomFromText('GeometryCollection()')),
(GeomFromText('GeometryCollection EMPTY'));CREATE TABLE gis_geometry (g GEOMETRY);
SHOW FIELDS FROM gis_geometry;
INSERT INTO gis_geometry SELECT * FROM gis_point;
INSERT INTO gis_geometry SELECT * FROM gis_line;
INSERT INTO gis_geometry SELECT * FROM gis_polygon;
INSERT INTO gis_geometry SELECT * FROM gis_multi_point;
INSERT INTO gis_geometry SELECT * FROM gis_multi_line;
INSERT INTO gis_geometry SELECT * FROM gis_multi_polygon;
INSERT INTO gis_geometry SELECT * FROM gis_geometrycollection;Explore geometric data types and functions in MariaDB Server. This section details how to store, query, and manipulate spatial data, enabling geospatial applications within your database.
ALTER TABLE geom DROP INDEX g;DROP INDEX sp_index ON geom;