geometry
Name
geometry — The type representing spatial features with planar coordinate systems.
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:
| Cast To | Behavior |
| box | automatic |
| box2d | automatic |
| box3d | automatic |
| bytea | automatic |
| geography | automatic |
| text | automatic |