s2

Our S2 module is based on a port of the official S2 geometry library created by Google. For more information about S2 check the library's website or the Spatial Indexes section of this documentation.

S2_BOUNDARY

S2_BOUNDARY(id)

Description

Returns the boundary for a given S2 cell ID. We extract the boundary by getting the corner longitudes and latitudes, then enclose it in a GeoJSON and finally transform it into geography.

• id: INT64 S2 cell ID to get the boundary geography from.

Return type

GEOGRAPHY

Example

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SELECT `carto-un`.carto.S2_BOUNDARY(955378847514099712);
-- POLYGON((-3.41955272426037 40.25850071217, -3.41955272426037  ...

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S2 Cell edges are spherical geodesics. The boundary edges can be interpreted as straight lines in other GIS tools, so to export the exact shape of the cells, use ST_GEOGFROM(ST_ASGEOJSON(geog). In this process, BigQuery will add intermediate points to preserve the geodesic curves.

S2_CENTER

S2_CENTER(id)

Description

Returns a POINT corresponding to the centroid of an S2 cell, given its ID.

• id: INT64 S2 cell ID to get the boundary geography from.

Return type

GEOGRAPHY

Example

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SELECT `carto-un`.carto.S2_CENTER(955378847514099712);
-- POINT(-3.58126923539589 40.4167087628243)

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S2_FROMGEOGPOINT

S2_FROMGEOGPOINT(point, resolution)

Description

Returns the S2 cell ID of a given point at a requested resolution.

• point: GEOGRAPHY point to get the ID from.

• resolution: INT64 level of detail or zoom.

Return type

INT64

Example

carto-un

SELECT `carto-un`.carto.S2_FROMGEOGPOINT(ST_GEOGPOINT(-3.7038, 40.4168), 8);
-- 955378847514099712

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S2_FROMHILBERTQUADKEY

S2_FROMHILBERTQUADKEY(hquadkey)

Description

Returns the conversion of a Hilbert quadkey (a.k.a Hilbert curve quadtree ID) into a S2 cell ID.

• hquadkey: STRING Hilbert quadkey to be converted.

Return type

INT64

Example

carto-un

SELECT `carto-un`.carto.S2_FROMHILBERTQUADKEY('0/12220101');
-- 955378847514099712

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S2_FROMLONGLAT

S2_FROMLONGLAT(longitude, latitude, resolution)

Description

Returns the S2 cell ID for a given longitude, latitude and zoom resolution.

• longitude: FLOAT64 horizontal coordinate on the map.

• latitude: FLOAT64 vertical coordinate on the map.

• resolution: INT64 level of detail or zoom.

Return type

INT64

Example

carto-un

SELECT `carto-un`.carto.S2_FROMLONGLAT(-3.7038, 40.4168, 8);
-- 955378847514099712

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S2_FROMTOKEN

S2_FROMTOKEN(token)

Description

Returns the conversion of a token into a S2 cell ID.

• token: STRING S2 cell hexified ID.

Return type

INT64

Example

carto-un

SELECT `carto-un`.carto.S2_FROMTOKEN('0d42300000000000');
-- 955378847514099712

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S2_FROMUINT64REPR

S2_FROMUINT64REPR(uid)

Description

Returns the cell ID from a UINT64 representation.

• uid: STRING UINT64 representation of a S2 cell ID.

Return type

INT64

Example

carto-un

SELECT `carto-un`.carto.S2_FROMUINT64REPR('9926595690882924544');
-- -8520148382826627072

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S2_RESOLUTION

S2_RESOLUTION(index)

Description

Returns the S2 cell resolution as an integer.

• index: STRING The S2 cell index.

Return type

INT64

Example

carto-un

SELECT `carto-un`.carto.S2_RESOLUTION(955378847514099712);
-- 9

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S2_TOCHILDREN

S2_TOCHILDREN(index, resolution)

Description

Returns an array with the S2 indexes of the children/descendents of the given hexagon at the given resolution.

• index: STRING The S2 cell index.

• resolution: INT64 number between 0 and 30 with the S2 resolution.

Return type

ARRAY<STRING>

Example

carto-un

SELECT `carto-un`.carto.S2_TOCHILDREN(955378847514099712, 10);
-- 955365653374566400
-- 955374449467588608
-- 955383245560610816
-- 955392041653633024

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S2_TOHILBERTQUADKEY

S2_TOHILBERTQUADKEY(id)

Description

Returns the conversion of a S2 cell ID into a Hilbert quadkey (a.k.a Hilbert curve quadtree ID).

• id: INT64 S2 cell ID to be converted.

Return type

STRING

Example

carto-un

SELECT `carto-un`.carto.S2_TOHILBERTQUADKEY(955378847514099712);
-- 0/12220101

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S2_TOTOKEN

S2_TOTOKEN(id)

Description

Returns the conversion of a S2 cell ID into a token (S2 cell hexified ID).

• id: INT64 S2 cell ID.

Return type

STRING

Example

carto-un

SELECT `carto-un`.carto.S2_TOTOKEN(955378847514099712);
-- 0d42300000000000

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S2_TOUINT64REPR

S2_TOUINT64REPR(id)

Description

Returns the UINT64 representation of a cell ID.

• id: INT64 S2 cell ID.

Return type

STRING

Example

carto-un

SELECT `carto-un`.carto.S2_TOUINT64REPR(-8520148382826627072);
-- 9926595690882924544

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 960401.