[postgis-users] internal storage of geometry

[David Blasby]

Tyler Mitchell wrote:

> I believe PostGIS stores geometry in Well know text (or binary) formats - 
> though I'm sure they've got some secret format hiding in there somewhere 
> :)
>  Anyone correct me?

Both PostGIS and the LWGEOM types have their own internal 
representation.  There're fully documented in the code (postgis.h or 
lwgeom.h) if you really want to know more.

dave