[postgis-users] ST_Locate_Between_Measures requires M-coordinates?

[Ingo Weinzierl]

Hi list,

I think that I have just discovered an inconsistency in the PostGIS
manual. Today, I have tried to use the function
ST_Locate_Between_Measures that takes a geometry and two floating
point numbers (see [1] in the manual). The manual says, that this
function "supports M coordinates". So, in my eyes, I should be able
to call this function with geometries that don't have any M coordinates
as well. Two examples:

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1) Function call without M coordinate:
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SELECT ST_Locate_Between_Measures(ST_GeomFromEWKT('LINESTRING(33296361.4755929 5980762.99091387,33296357.0886 5980746.8462,33296350.5402 5980729.1851,33296336.2529 5980715.4926,33296331.0934 5980705.9678,33296328.3154 5980697.4349)'), 1.5, 3);

the result:
ERROR:  Geometry argument does not have an 'M' ordinate


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2) Function call with M coordinate:
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SELECT ST_Locate_Between_Measures(ST_GeomFromEWKT('LINESTRINGM(33296361.4755929 5980762.99091387 0,33296357.0886 5980746.8462 4,33296350.5402 5980729.1851 8,33296336.2529 5980715.4926 13,33296331.0934 5980705.9678 20,33296328.3154 5980697.4349 39)'), 1.5, 3);

the result:
010200004002000000809B497DFEC07F41C502F23B95D05641000000000000F83FB32FF762FEC07F4189E378B893D056410000000000000840


As you can see in the upper two examples, I was not able to call the
ST_Locate_Between_Measures function with geometries that don't have
any M coordinates - it seems that M coordinates are REQUIRED but not
SUPPORTED. It this right? And should the manual beeing fixed? Or is
there a mistake in the function call in the first example?

Regards,
Ingo

[1] http://postgis.refractions.net/documentation/manual-1.5/ST_Locate_Between_Measures.html
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