11.3 Supported Spatial Data Formats

This section describes the standard spatial data formats that are used to represent geometry objects in queries. They are:

• Well-Known Text (WKT) format
• Well-Known Binary (WKB) format

Internally, MySQL stores geometry values in a format that is not identical to either WKT or WKB format.

Subsections

• 11.3.1 Well-Known Text (WKT) Format
• 11.3.2 Well-Known Binary (WKB) Format

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