PostGIS
Description
Returns the Y maxima of a 2D or 3D bounding box or a geometry.
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This
function supports 3d and will not drop the z-index.
This
method supports Circular Strings and Curves.
Examples
SELECT ST_YMax('BOX3D(1 2 3, 4 5 6)');
st_ymax
-------
5
SELECT ST_YMax(ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(1 3 4, 5 6 7)'));
st_ymax
-------
6
SELECT ST_YMax(CAST('BOX(-3 2, 3 4)' As box2d));
st_ymax
-------
4
--Observe THIS DOES NOT WORK because it will try to auto-cast the string representation to a BOX3D
SELECT ST_YMax('LINESTRING(1 3, 5 6)');
--ERROR: BOX3D parser - doesn't start with BOX3D(
SELECT ST_YMax(ST_GeomFromEWKT('CIRCULARSTRING(220268 150415 1,220227 150505 2,220227 150406 3)'));
st_ymax
--------
150506.126829327