A temporal network point value can be converted to and from a temporal geometry point. This can be done using an explicit CAST or using the :: notation. A null value is returned if any of the composing geometry point values cannot be converted into a npoint value.
Convert a temporal network point to a temporal geometry point
tnpoint::tgeompoint
SELECT asText((tnpoint '[NPoint(1, 0.2)@2001-01-01, NPoint(1, 0.3)@2001-01-02)')::tgeompoint); /* [POINT(23.057077727326 28.7666335767956)@2001-01-01, POINT(48.7117553116406 20.9256801894708)@2001-01-02) */
Convert a temporal geometry point to a temporal network point
tgeompoint::tnpoint
SELECT tgeompoint '[POINT(23.057077727326 28.7666335767956)@2001-01-01, POINT(48.7117553116406 20.9256801894708)@2001-01-02)'::tnpoint -- [NPoint(1,0.2)@2001-01-01, NPoint(1,0.3)@2001-01-02) SELECT tgeompoint '[POINT(23.057077727326 28.7666335767956)@2001-01-01, POINT(48.7117553116406 20.9)@2001-01-02)'::tnpoint -- NULL
We give next the functions and operators for network point types.