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PostGIS 1.5.8 Manual87 / 310ExamplesSELECT ST_MPointFromText(’MULTIPOINT(1 2, 3 4)’);SELECT ST_MPointFromText(’MULTIPOINT(-70.9590 42.1180, -70.9611 42.1223)’, 4326);See AlsoST_GeomFromText7.3.28 ST_MPolyFromTextST_MPolyFromText — Makes a MultiPolygon Geometry from WKT with the given SRID. If SRID is not give, it defaults to -1.Synopsisgeometry ST_MPolyFromText(text WKT, integer srid);geometry ST_MPolyFromText(text WKT);DescriptionMakes a MultiPolygon from WKT with the given SRID. If SRID is not give, it defaults to -1.OGC SPEC 3.2.6.2 - option SRID is from the conformance suiteThrows an error if the WKT is not a MULTIPOLYGONNoteIf you are absolutely sure all your WKT geometries are multipolygons, don’t use this function.ST_GeomFromText since it adds an additional validation step.It is slower thanThis method implements the OpenGIS Simple Features Implementation Specification for SQL 1.1. s3.2.6.2This method implements the SQL/MM specification. SQL-MM 3: 9.6.4ExamplesSELECT ST_MPolyFromText(’MULTIPOLYGON(((0 0 1,20 0 1,20 20 1,0 20 1,0 0 1),(5 5 3,5 7 3,7 7 ←↪3,7 5 3,5 5 3)))’);SELECt ST_MPolyFromText(’MULTIPOLYGON(((-70.916 42.1002,-70.9468 42.0946,-70.9765 ←↪42.0872,-70.9754 42.0875,-70.9749 42.0879,-70.9752 42.0881,-70.9754 42.0891,-70.9758 ←↪42.0894,-70.9759 42.0897,-70.9759 42.0899,-70.9754 42.0902,-70.9756 42.0906,-70.9753 ←↪42.0907,-70.9753 42.0917,-70.9757 42.0924,-70.9755 42.0928,-70.9755 42.0942,-70.9751 ←↪42.0948,-70.9755 42.0953,-70.9751 42.0958,-70.9751 42.0962,-70.9759 42.0983,-70.9767 ←↪42.0987,-70.9768 42.0991,-70.9771 42.0997,-70.9771 42.1003,-70.9768 42.1005,-70.977 ←↪42.1011,-70.9766 42.1019,-70.9768 42.1026,-70.9769 42.1033,-70.9775 42.1042,-70.9773 ←↪42.1043,-70.9776 42.1043,-70.9778 42.1048,-70.9773 42.1058,-70.9774 42.1061,-70.9779 ←↪42.1065,-70.9782 42.1078,-70.9788 42.1085,-70.9798 42.1087,-70.9806 42.109,-70.9807 ←↪42.1093,-70.9806 42.1099,-70.9809 42.1109,-70.9808 42.1112,-70.9798 42.1116,-70.9792 ←↪42.1127,-70.979 42.1129,-70.9787 42.1134,-70.979 42.1139,-70.9791 42.1141,-70.9987 ←↪42.1116,-71.0022 42.1273,-70.9408 42.1513,-70.9315 42.1165,-70.916 42.1002)))’,4326);