ST_Clip
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## Name

ST_Clip — Returns the raster clipped by the input geometry. If band number not is specified, all bands are processed. If `crop` is not specified or TRUE, the output raster is cropped.

## Synopsis

`raster ST_Clip(`raster rast, integer[] nband, geometry geom, double precision[] nodataval=NULL, boolean crop=TRUE`)`;

`raster ST_Clip(`raster rast, integer nband, geometry geom, double precision nodataval, boolean crop=TRUE`)`;

`raster ST_Clip(`raster rast, integer nband, geometry geom, boolean crop`)`;

`raster ST_Clip(`raster rast, geometry geom, double precision[] nodataval=NULL, boolean crop=TRUE`)`;

`raster ST_Clip(`raster rast, geometry geom, double precision nodataval, boolean crop=TRUE`)`;

`raster ST_Clip(`raster rast, geometry geom, boolean crop`)`;

## Description

Returns a raster that is clipped by the input geometry `geom`. If band index is not specified, all bands are processed.

Rasters resulting from ST_Clip must have a nodata value assigned for areas clipped, one for each band. If none are provided and the input raster do not have a nodata value defined, nodata values of the resulting raster are set to ST_MinPossibleValue(ST_BandPixelType(rast, band)). When the number of nodata value in the array is smaller than the number of band, the last one in the array is used for the remaining bands. If the number of nodata value is greater than the number of band, the extra nodata values are ignored. All variants accepting an array of nodata values also accept a single value which will be assigned to each band.

If `crop` is not specified, true is assumed meaning the output raster is cropped to the intersection of the `geom`and `rast` extents. If `crop` is set to false, the new raster gets the same extent as `rast`.

Availability: 2.0.0

Enhanced: 2.1.0 Rewritten in C

Examples here use Massachusetts aerial data available on MassGIS site MassGIS Aerial Orthos. Coordinates are in Massachusetts State Plane Meters.

## Examples: 1 band clipping

    -- Clip the first band of an aerial tile by a 20 meter buffer.
    SELECT ST_Clip(rast, 1,
            ST_Buffer(ST_Centroid(ST_Envelope(rast)),20)
        ) from aerials.boston
    WHERE rid = 4;

    -- Demonstrate effect of crop on final dimensions of raster
    -- Note how final extent is clipped to that of the geometry
    -- if crop = true
    SELECT ST_XMax(ST_Envelope(ST_Clip(rast, 1, clipper, true))) As xmax_w_trim,
        ST_XMax(clipper) As xmax_clipper,
        ST_XMax(ST_Envelope(ST_Clip(rast, 1, clipper, false))) As xmax_wo_trim,
        ST_XMax(ST_Envelope(rast)) As xmax_rast_orig
    FROM (SELECT rast, ST_Buffer(ST_Centroid(ST_Envelope(rast)),6) As clipper
        FROM aerials.boston
    WHERE rid = 6) As foo;

       xmax_w_trim    |   xmax_clipper   |   xmax_wo_trim   |  xmax_rast_orig
    ------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------
     230657.436173996 | 230657.436173996 | 230666.436173996 | 230666.436173996

Full raster tile before clipping | After Clipping

## Examples: 1 band clipping with no crop and add back other bands unchanged

    -- Same example as before, but we need to set crop to false to be able to use ST_AddBand
    -- because ST_AddBand requires all bands be the same Width and height
    SELECT ST_AddBand(ST_Clip(rast, 1,
            ST_Buffer(ST_Centroid(ST_Envelope(rast)),20),false
        ), ARRAY[ST_Band(rast,2),ST_Band(rast,3)] ) from aerials.boston
    WHERE rid = 6;

Full raster tile before clipping | After Clipping - surreal

## Examples: Clip all bands

    -- Clip all bands of an aerial tile by a 20 meter buffer.
    -- Only difference is we don't specify a specific band to clip
    -- so all bands are clipped
    SELECT ST_Clip(rast,
          ST_Buffer(ST_Centroid(ST_Envelope(rast)), 20),
          false
        ) from aerials.boston
    WHERE rid = 4;

Full raster tile before clipping | After Clipping

## See Also

ST_AddBand, ST_MapAlgebra (callback function version), ST_Intersection

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