{ "name": "line_locate_point", "type": "function", "groups": ["GeometryGroup"], "description": "Returns the distance along a linestring corresponding to the closest position the linestring comes to a specified point geometry.", "arguments": [ {"arg":"geometry","description":"a linestring geometry"}, {"arg":"point","description":"point geometry to locate closest position on linestring to"}], "examples": [ { "expression":"line_locate_point(geometry:=geom_from_wkt('LineString(0 0, 10 0)'),point:=geom_from_wkt('Point(5 0)'))", "returns":"5.0"}] }