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Name

geography — Ellipsoidal spatial data type.

Description

geography is a spatial data type used to represent a feature in the round-earth coordinate system.

Casting Behavior

This section lists the automatic as well as explicit casts allowed for this data type

Cast To Behavior
geometry explicit

See Also

Section 14.4, “PostGIS Geography Support Functions” , Section 4.2, “PostGIS Geography Type”

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