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Well-known Text Representation of geometry
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Geometry is a very complex data type: accordingly to this, OGC-SFS defines two alternative standard notations allowing to represent Geometry values:
- the WKT (Well Known Text) notation is a text markup language for representing vector geometry objects.
- the WKB (Well Known Binary) notation on the other side is more intended for precise and accurate import/export/exchange of Geometries between different platforms.
| Type | Examples |
|---|---|
| Point | POINT (30 10) |
| LineString | LINESTRING (30 10, 10 30, 40 40) |
| Polygon | POLYGON ((30 10, 40 40, 20 40, 10 20, 30 10)) |
Tools
- wellknown: Parse & stringify Well-Known Text into [GeoJSON]
