[postgis-users] Geometry column

[Lee Wai See]

Hi,

 

Can someone please enlighten the reason for the format for storing
geometries? In other words, why is it necessary to store a geometry in such
a format instead of simply just its coordinates? Thanks in advance.

Regards, 
Lee Wai See

 


-- 
No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG Free Edition.
Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.4/449 - Release Date: 9/15/2006
 

[This e-mail is confidential and may be priviledged. If you are not the
intended recipient, please kindly notify us immediately and delete the message
from your system; please do not copy or use it for any purpose, nor disclose
its contents to any other person. Thank you.]
---ST Electronics Group---

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/postgis-users/attachments/20060921/30df7fdd/attachment.html>