{
  "name": "make_ellipse",
  "type": "function",
  "groups": ["GeometryGroup"],
  "description": "Creates an elliptical polygon.",
  "arguments": [{
    "arg": "center",
    "description": "center point of the ellipse"
  }, {
    "arg": "semi_major_axis",
    "description": "semi-major axis of the ellipse"
  }, {
    "arg": "semi_minor_axis",
    "description": "semi-minor axis of the ellipse"
  }, {
    "arg": "azimuth",
    "description": "orientation of the ellipse"
  }, {
    "arg": "segments",
    "optional": true,
    "default": "36",
    "description": "optional argument for polygon segmentation. By default this value is 36"
  }],
  "examples": [{
    "expression": "geom_to_wkt(make_ellipse(make_point(10,10), 5, 2, 90, 4))",
    "returns": "'Polygon ((15 10, 10 8, 5 10, 10 12, 15 10))'"
  }, {
    "expression": "geom_to_wkt(make_ellipse(make_point(10,10,5), 5, 2, 90, 4))",
    "returns": "'PolygonZ ((15 10 5, 10 8 5, 5 10 5, 10 12 5, 15 10 5))'"
  }, {
    "expression": "geom_to_wkt(make_ellipse(make_point(10,10,5,30), 5, 2, 90, 4))",
    "returns": "'PolygonZM ((15 10 5 30, 10 8 5 30, 5 10 5 30, 10 12 5 30, 15 10 5 30))'"
  }],
  "tags": ["polygon", "elliptical"]
}