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.

validate_geometry

Function: validate_geometry
  Test that the geometry is valid.
  If it is valid, the geometry is returned.
  If it is not valid, an error is returned.

Examples:

  validate_geometry(to_polygon('POLYGON ((30 20, 45 40, 10 40, 30 20))'))
  -- Result: {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[30,20],[45,40],[10,40],[30,20]]]}

  validate_geometry(an_open_polygon)
  -- Result: {"type":"invalid_geometry","english":"Geometry invariant violation: Polygon Exterior is not closed or does not have >= 4 coordinates. See the repair_geometry function to fix this.","data":{"value":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[[30,20],[45,40],[10,40],[20,20]]]]},"reason":"Polygon Exterior is not closed or does not have >= 4 coordinates. See the repair_geometry function to fix this."}}

  validate_geometry(to_multipolygon('MULTIPOLYGON (((30 20, 45 40, 10 40, 30 20)))'))
  -- Result: {"type":"MultiPolygon","coordinates":[[[[30,20],[45,40],[10,40],[30,20]]]]}

  validate_geometry(an_open_multipolygon)
  -- Result: {"type":"invalid_geometry","english":"Geometry invariant violation: Polygon Exterior is not closed or does not have >= 4 coordinates. See the repair_geometry function to fix this.","data":{"value":{"type":"MultiPolygon","coordinates":[[[[30,20],[45,40],[10,40],[20,20]]]]},"reason":"Polygon Exterior is not closed or does not have >= 4 coordinates. See the repair_geometry function to fix this."}}
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