I usually use `geomFromWKT(geometry)` with a string like 'POINT('+x+'
'+y+')' as the parameter. But a nicer function would be useful.

There is also a pole of accessibility function that is better than centroid
if you have oddly shaped polygons.

Ian

On Thu, 26 Oct 2023 at 16:22, Jody Garnett <[email protected]> wrote:

> There should be a function to create a point from lat, Lon but I do not
> see it in the function list. It is a little to do anything other than
> transform the main geometry - since often the data is queried using a BBOX
> against the main geometry.
>
> For greater control I would recommend use the centroid as a staring
> location, and provide an offset to determine the label position. The offset
> can be expressed as an expression which you can adjust for scale.
>
> Reference:
>
>    -
>    https://docs.geotools.org/stable/userguide/library/main/function_list.html
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
>
> On Oct 26, 2023 at 5:32:55 AM, Peter Smythe <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> I am trying to use 2 numeric attributes called label_lat and label_lng to
>> create a point geometry for the labeling of a polygon.
>>
>> Can anyone point me to the correct format, if this is indeed possible?
>>
>> I cannot find the information on
>> https://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/styling/css/index.html
>> <https://fdfdfha.r.af.d.sendibt2.com/tr/cl/xyoUP5eN464DydrOGqm8BDm7444mIJZfoKj7NPfOgCaOWczz2TBs_wlTzeAWk-wH7YI8cPsDW5UXJQ7xrUegk_MeefrvVxLjepbnzSSla_tRhI5B2JuKxN3QhnO3Cl32jH8y4FglrQP3-2eECQLO10LEafasD05kJX5EskHxKcfNNV8lJ-pknCUbsxUVR6QrSYLIdlY4KUwdeX8x1MKCdK5tPk-hXMkazYYWnOp5nCN0VV2kFx1PqYodo8t1EPzmgxXfk6qf1ufXJ_mbr3CdQpeVz1Mj47CsH7qGdzA>
>>
>> I have tried:
>>
>>     label-geometry: [label_lng], [label_lat];
>>     label-geometry: [(label_lng, label_lat)];
>> etc
>>
>> and the reverse coordinate orders
>>
>>     label-geometry: [centroid(geom)];   does work as expected, but I need
>> more control.
>>
>>
>> *I also cannot create a new column in the GeoServer SQL view that is
>> visible in the output e.g. ST_Point (label_lng, label_lat, 4326) as
>> label-geom *
>> *i.e. if I create the new column, it must not be visible in the output.*
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Peter
>>
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