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st_geogfromwkt

Important

This feature is in Public Preview.

Parses the WKT description and returns the corresponding Geography value.

For the corresponding Databricks SQL function, see st_geogfromwkt function.

Syntax

from pyspark.databricks.sql import functions as dbf

dbf.st_geogfromwkt(col=<col>)

Parameters

Parameter Type Description
col pyspark.sql.Column or str A string in WKT format, representing a geography value.

Examples

from pyspark.databricks.sql import functions as dbf
df = spark.createDataFrame([('POLYGON((0 0,5 6,7 -8,0 0))',)], ['wkt'])
df.select(dbf.st_astext(dbf.st_geogfromwkt('wkt')).alias('result')).collect()
[Row(result='POLYGON((0 0,5 6,7 -8,0 0))')]