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Returns the 2-dimensional point on geom1 that is closest to geom2. This is the first point of the shortest line between the geometries. If using 3D geometries, the Z coordinates will be ignored. If you have a 3D Geometry, you may prefer to use ST_3DClosestPoint. It will throw an exception indicates illegal argument if one of the params is an empty geometry. ST_ClosestPoint

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Signatures

ST_ClosestPoint(g1: Geometry, g2: Geometry)

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Parameters

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g1
Geometry
required
The g1 value.
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g2
Geometry
required
The g2 value.

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Return type

The resulting geometry.

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Example

SELECT ST_AsText( ST_ClosestPoint(g1, g2)) As ptwkt;
Input: g1: POINT (160 40), g2: LINESTRING (10 30, 50 50, 30 110, 70 90, 180 140, 130 190) 
POINT(160 40)
Input: g1: LINESTRING (10 30, 50 50, 30 110, 70 90, 180 140, 130 190), g2: POINT (160 40) 
POINT(125.75342465753425 115.34246575342466)
Input: g1: 'POLYGON ((190 150, 20 10, 160 70, 190 150))', g2: ST_Buffer('POINT(80 160)', 30) 
POINT(131.59149149528952 101.89887534906197)