From eda10dfa61bb84fac3670ffe7a024c92788eda2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Andrew W. Hill" <andrewxhill@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 10:48:01 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Update methods.md

removed JSON response stuff
---
 doc/methods.md | 38 ++++++++++++++------------------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/methods.md b/doc/methods.md
index 8d52e44..8e1ae08 100644
--- a/doc/methods.md
+++ b/doc/methods.md
@@ -18,27 +18,24 @@ normalize | for measures that are are **sums** (e.g. population) the default nor
 
 #### Returns
 
-A JSON object containing the following properties
+A NUMERIC value containing the following properties
 
 Key | Description
 --- | ---
 value | the raw or normalized measure
-name | the human readable name of the measure
-description | a brief description of the measure
-type | the data type (text, number, boolean)
 
 #### Example
 
 Add a Measure to an empty column based on point locations in your table
 
 ```SQL
-UPDATE tablename SET local_male_population = OBS_GetUSCensusMeasure(the_geom, 'Male Population') -> 'value'
+UPDATE tablename SET local_male_population = OBS_GetUSCensusMeasure(the_geom, 'Male Population')
 ```
 
 Get a measure at a single point location
 
 ```SQL
-SELECT * FROM json_each(OBS_GetUSCensusMeasure(CDB_LatLng(40.7, -73.9), 'Male Population'))
+SELECT OBS_GetUSCensusMeasure(CDB_LatLng(40.7, -73.9), 'Male Population')
 ```
 
 <!--
@@ -60,27 +57,24 @@ normalize | for measures that are are **sums** (e.g. population) the default nor
 
 #### Returns
 
-A JSON object containing the following properties
+A NUMERIC value
 
 Key | Description
 --- | ---
 value | the raw or normalized measure
-name | the human readable name of the measure
-description | a brief description of the measure
-type | the data type (text, number, boolean)
 
 #### Example
 
 Add a Measure to an empty column based on polygons in your table
 
 ```SQL
-UPDATE tablename SET local_male_population = OBS_GetUSCensusMeasure(the_geom, 'Male Population') -> 'value'
+UPDATE tablename SET local_male_population = OBS_GetUSCensusMeasure(the_geom, 'Male Population')
 ```
 
 Get a measure at a single polygon
 
 ```SQL
-SELECT * FROM json_each(OBS_GetMeasure(ST_Buffer(CDB_LatLng(40.7, -73.9),0.001), 'Male Population'))
+SELECT OBS_GetMeasure(ST_Buffer(CDB_LatLng(40.7, -73.9),0.001), 'Male Population')
 ```
 
 <!--
@@ -101,27 +95,24 @@ normalize | for measures that are are **sums** (e.g. population) the default nor
 
 #### Returns
 
-A JSON object containing the following properties
+A NUMERIC value
 
 Key | Description
 --- | ---
 value | the raw or normalized measure
-name | the human readable name of the measure
-description | a brief description of the measure
-type | the data type (text, number, boolean)
 
 #### Example
 
 Add a Measure to an empty column based on point locations in your table
 
 ```SQL
-UPDATE tablename SET local_male_population = OBS_GetMeasure(the_geom, '"us.census.acs".B08134006') -> 'value'
+UPDATE tablename SET local_male_population = OBS_GetMeasure(the_geom, '"us.census.acs".B08134006')
 ```
 
 Get a measure at a single point location
 
 ```SQL
-SELECT * FROM json_each(OBS_GetMeasure(CDB_LatLng(40.7, -73.9), '"us.census.acs".B08134006'))
+SELECT OBS_GetMeasure(CDB_LatLng(40.7, -73.9), '"us.census.acs".B08134006')
 ```
 
 <!--
@@ -143,27 +134,26 @@ normalize | for measures that are are **sums** (e.g. population) the default nor
 
 #### Returns
 
-A JSON object containing the following properties
+A NUMERIC value
 
 Key | Description
 --- | ---
 value | the raw or normalized measure
-name | the human readable name of the measure
-description | a brief description of the measure
-type | the data type (text, number, boolean)
 
 #### Example
 
 Add a Measure to an empty column based on polygons in your table
 
 ```SQL
-UPDATE tablename SET local_male_population = OBS_GetMeasure(the_geom, '"us.census.acs".B08134006') -> 'value'
+UPDATE tablename SET local_male_population = OBS_GetMeasure(the_geom, '"us.census.acs".B08134006')
 ```
 
 Get a measure within a polygon
 
 ```SQL
-SELECT * FROM json_each(OBS_GetMeasure(ST_Buffer(CDB_LatLng(40.7, -73.9),0.001), '"us.census.acs".B08134006'))
+SELECT OBS_GetMeasure(ST_Buffer(CDB_LatLng(40.7, -73.9),0.001), '"us.census.acs".B08134006')
+
+
 ```
 
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