Ticket #63: maxdist_doc.patch

reference.xml

@@ -10519 +10519 @@
                 <title>Description</title>
 
                 <para>Returns the 2-dimensional maximum cartesian distance between two linestrings in
-                projected units.</para>
+                projected units. If g1 and g2 is the same geometry the function will return the distance between
+                the two vertices most far from eachother in that geometry.</para>
 
           </refsection>
 
           <refsection>
                 <title>Examples</title>
 
-                <programlisting>--ALL EXAMPLES current throw NOT YET IMPLEMENTED</programlisting>
+                <programlisting>postgis=# SELECT ST_Max_Distance('POINT(0 0)'::geometry, 'LINESTRING ( 2 0, 0 2 )'::geometry);
+   st_max_distance
+-----------------
+ 2
+(1 row)</programlisting>
           </refsection>
 
           <refsection>