[postgis-users] internal storage of geometry
Ralph Mason
ralph.mason at telogis.com
Mon Apr 26 14:39:42 PDT 2004
I did think it a funny sentence asking if postgis 'has an internal
storage format', and that other systems offer this feature. Sounds like
homework to me.
Ralph
> 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
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