MI_Envelope
Description
Returns an Envelope geometry object representing the minimum bounding rectangle (MBR) of the input geometry.
Syntax
MI_Envelope ( geometry )
Arguments
geometry is an expression which returns a geometry.
Example
Returns an Envelope geometry object representing the minimum bounding rectangle (MBR) of an aggregated set of geometry objects
select MI_Envelope([Geometry_Column]) from countries where country in ('Canada','Brazil','Argentina','Greenland')
Remarks
The geometry object returned will be in the coordinate system of the input geometry.