[postgis-devel] WKB type
strk at refractions.net
strk at refractions.net
Thu Sep 9 06:15:15 PDT 2004
On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 01:06:21PM +0100, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: postgis-devel-bounces at postgis.refractions.net
> > [mailto:postgis-devel-bounces at postgis.refractions.net] On
> > Behalf Of strk at refractions.net
> > Sent: 08 September 2004 17:00
> > To: postgis-devel at postgis.refractions.net
> > Subject: [postgis-devel] WKB type
> >
> >
> > Working on the new geometry representation (LWGEOM)
> > I'm trying to understand the reason to keep an WKB type.
> >
> > Does anyone have anything to say about it ?
> >
> > --strk;
>
>
> Hi strk,
>
> As long as I can return query results in WKB format using AsBinary(....,
> 'NDR') and insert a geometry using GeomFromWKB('....') then I can live
> without a specific WKB type :)
And what about OGC conformance... do you think the binary transfer
format should be strict WKB (if such a thing exists) or a
postgis-custom format ?
I'm thinking about:
- SRID extension
- 2d/3d/4d specification
- optional BBOX
--strk;
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Mark.
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