Socrata was acquired by Tyler Technologies in 2018 and is now the Data and Insights division of Tyler. The platform is still powered by the same software formerly known as Socrata but you will see references to Data & Insights going forward.

to_point

Function: to_point
  parse a WKT (text) representation of a point into a point value

Examples:

  to_point('POINT (2 2)')
  -- Result: {"type":"Point","coordinates":[2,2]}

  to_point(a_wkt_point)
  -- Result: {"type":"Point","coordinates":[2,2]}

  to_point('(2, 2)')
  -- Result: {"type":"type_conversion_failed","english":"Unable to convert \"(2, 2)\" from text to point","data":{"value":"(2, 2)","target_type":"point","source_type":"text"}}
Signatures
text -> point
point -> point