WKT Definition

Understand the Well-Known Text (WKT) format. This section describes the standard ASCII representation for exchanging geometric data.

Description

The Well-Known Text (WKT) representation of Geometry is designed to exchange geometry data in ASCII form. Examples of the basic geometry types include:

Geometry Types
POINT
LINESTRING
POLYGON
MULTIPOINT
MULTILINESTRING
MULTIPOLYGON
GEOMETRYCOLLECTION
GEOMETRY

See Also

• Geometry Types

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