snowflake.snowpark.functions.st_centroid¶

snowflake.snowpark.functions.st_centroid(geography_or_geometry_expression: Union[snowflake.snowpark.column.Column, str]) → Column[source]¶

Returns the centroid of a GEOGRAPHY or GEOMETRY object as a POINT object.

Parameters:

geography_or_geometry_expression (ColumnOrName) – A GEOGRAPHY or GEOMETRY object

Returns:

A POINT object representing the centroid of the input geometry

Return type:

Column

Examples::
>>> from snowflake.snowpark.functions import to_geography
>>> df = session.create_dataframe([
...     ["POLYGON((10 10, 10 20, 20 20, 20 10, 10 10))"],
...     ["LINESTRING(0 0, 0 -2)"]
... ], schema=["geom"])
>>> result = df.select(st_centroid(to_geography(df["geom"])).alias("centroid")).collect()
>>> result
[Row(CENTROID='{\n  "coordinates": [\n    1.500000000000002e+01,\n    1.501481985543850e+01\n  ],\n  "type": "Point"\n}'), Row(CENTROID='{\n  "coordinates": [\n    0.000000000000000e+00,\n    -9.999999999999998e-01\n  ],\n  "type": "Point"\n}')]
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