PostGIS
Name
ST_GeomFromTWKB — Creates a geometry instance from a TWKB ("Tiny Well-Known Binary") geometry representation.
Description
The ST_GeomFromTWKB function, takes a a TWKB
("Tiny
Well-Known Binary") geometry representation (WKB) and creates an
instance of the appropriate geometry type.
Examples
SELECT ST_AsText(ST_GeomFromTWKB(ST_AsTWKB('LINESTRING(126 34, 127 35)'::geometry)));
st_astext
-----------------------------
LINESTRING(126 34, 127 35)
(1 row)
SELECT ST_AsEWKT(
ST_GeomFromTWKB(E'\\x620002f7f40dbce4040105')
);
st_asewkt
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LINESTRING(-113.98 39.198,-113.981 39.195)
(1 row)