I don't think that the geom union would in combination with the
boundary would attach the island to the mainland.  I don't think that
there is a simple answer to my problem but I have attached a pic to
help illustrate what I'm trying to accomplish.

Regards

2008/11/21 Lee Meilleur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Howabout ST_BOUNDARY(ST_UNION(the_geom))
>
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> So,
> Do you need to iterate through the sub-polygons in your multi and get a
> boundary of each?
>
> r.b.
>
> Robert W. Burgholzer
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Travis Kirstine
> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 10:51 AM
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> Thanks Obe
> But I'm looking for something that returns the boundary of all the
> selected features combined and attached.  Something that has the
> abilty to take the group the features together like convex hull but
> keep the detail of the of the edge like boundary.
>
> 2008/11/21 Obe, Regina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> How about ST_Boundary?
>>
> http://postgis.refractions.net/documentation/manual-svn/ST_Boundary.html
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
>> Travis Kirstine
>> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 10:18 AM
>> To: PostGIS Users Discussion
>> Subject: [postgis-users] return boundary
>>
>> I have a multipolygon that has consists mainland and island polygons.
>> I need to generate a single polygon / line that represent the boundary
>> of the multipolygon as a whole, something like a convex hull but
>> keeping the detail of the outer rings and joining the islands to the
>> mainland.  I have been try different combos of convex hull, buffer and
>> difference but can't get what I'm looking for.
>>
>> Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> --
>> Travis K.
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