MULTIPOLYGON is a collection of . MultiPolygons are useful for gathering a group of Polygons into one geometry. For example, you may want to gather the Polygons denoting a group of properties in a particular municipality. Another use of MultiPolygons is to represent states or countries that include islands, or that are otherwise made up of non-overlapping shapes.
You can also store a “ with the following additional dimensions:
- A third dimension coordinate
Z(Z). - A measure coordinate
M(M). - Both a third dimension and a measure coordinate (
ZM).
Z and M dimensions can be accessed or modified using a number of , including:
ST_ZST_MST_AffineST_ZmflagST_MakePointST_MakePointMST_Force3DST_Force3DZST_Force3DMST_Force4DST_SnapST_SnapToGridST_RotateZST_AddMeasure
- The Z/M dimension is not index accelerated when using spatial predicates.
- Some spatial functions ignore the Z/M dimension, with transformations discarding the Z/M value.
Examples
A MultiPolygon can be created from SQL by calling thest_geomfromtext function on a MultiPolygon definition expressed in the format.

