Name
ST_UnaryUnion — Computes the union of the components of a single geometry.
Synopsis
geometry ST_UnaryUnion(geometry geom, float8 gridSize = -1);
Description
A single-input variant of ST_Union. The input may be a single geometry, a MultiGeometry, or a GeometryCollection. The union is applied to the individual elements of the input.
This function can be used to fix MultiPolygons which are invalid due to overlapping components. However, the input components must each be valid. An invalid input component such as a bow-tie polygon may cause an error. For this reason it may be better to use ST_MakeValid.
Another use of this function is to node and dissolve a collection of
linestrings which cross or overlap
to make them simple.
(ST_Node also does this,
but it does not provide the gridSize option.)
It is possible to combine ST_UnaryUnion with ST_Collect to fine-tune how many geometries are be unioned at once. This allows trading off between memory usage and compute time, striking a balance between ST_Union and ST_MemUnion.
If the optional gridSize argument is provided, the inputs are
snapped to a grid of the given size, and the result vertices are computed
on that same grid. (Requires GEOS-3.9.0 or higher)
This function supports 3d and will not drop the z-index.
However, the result is computed using XY only. The result Z values are copied, averaged or interpolated.
Enhanced: 3.1.0 accept a gridSize parameter.
Requires GEOS >= 3.9.0 to use the gridSize parameter
Availability: 2.0.0