Description

geometry is a fundamental PostGIS spatial data type used to represent a feature in planar (Euclidean) coordinate systems.

All spatial operations on geometry use the units of the Spatial Reference System the geometry is in.

Casting Behavior

This table lists the automatic and explicit casts allowed for this data type:

See Also

Section 4.1, “Spatial Data Model”, Section 15.3, “PostGIS SQL-MM Compliant Functions”