Usage Notes - Analytics Database - Teradata Vantage

Geospatial Data Types

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
VMware
Product
Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
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en-US
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2023-08-30
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Product Category
Teradata Vantageā„¢

ST_SphericalBufferMBR and ST_SpheroidalBufferMBR basically perform the same function, but with different performance and accuracy. ST_SphericalBufferMBR models the earth as a simple sphere, so it performs better than ST_SpheroidalBufferMBR, but with less accuracy. ST_SpheroidalBufferMBR models the earth as a spheroid, so it returns a more accurate MBR, but it runs slower than ST_SphericalBufferMBR.

The returned MBR cannot cross the longitude value of +/-180 or the latitude value of +/-90. The MBR cannot cover more than 180 degrees of latitude or longitude on the sphere or spheroid.