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{
"name": "sinuosity",
"type": "function",
"groups": ["GeometryGroup"],
"description": "Returns the sinuosity of a curve, which is the ratio of the curve length to the straight (2D) distance between its endpoints.",
"arguments": [{
"arg": "geometry",
"description": "Input curve (circularstring, linestring)"
}],
"examples": [{
"expression": "round(sinuosity(geom_from_wkt('LINESTRING(2 0, 2 2, 3 2, 3 3)')), 3)",
"returns": "1.265"
}, {
"expression": "sinuosity(geom_from_wkt('LINESTRING( 3 1, 5 1)'))",
"returns": "1.0"
}],
"tags": ["curve", "distance", "length", "endpoints", "sinuosity", "ratio", "straight"]
}