PostGIS
Name
ST_GeomFromWKB — Creates a geometry instance from a Well-Known Binary geometry representation (WKB) and optional SRID.
Synopsis
+geometry +ST_GeomFromWKB(+`bytea `+geom`)`;
+geometry +ST_GeomFromWKB(+`bytea `+geom, integer
srid`)`;
Description
The ST_GeomFromWKB function, takes a well-known binary
representation of a geometry and a Spatial Reference System ID
(SRID) and creates an instance of the appropriate geometry type.
This function plays the role of the Geometry Factory in SQL. This is an
alternate name for ST_WKBToSQL.
If SRID is not specified, it defaults to 0 (Unknown).
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This method implements the
OGC Simple Features
Implementation Specification for SQL 1.1.
s3.2.7.2 - the optional SRID is from the conformance suite
This
method implements the SQL/MM specification.
SQL-MM 3: 5.1.41
This
method supports Circular Strings and Curves.
Examples
--Although bytea rep contains single \, these need to be escaped when inserting into a table
-- unless standard_conforming_strings is set to on.
SELECT ST_AsEWKT(
ST_GeomFromWKB(E'\\001\\002\\000\\000\\000\\002\\000\\000\\000\\037\\205\\353Q\\270~\\\\\\300\\323Mb\\020X\\231C@\\020X9\\264\\310~\\\\\\300)\\\\\\217\\302\\365\\230C@',4326)
);
st_asewkt
------------------------------------------------------
SRID=4326;LINESTRING(-113.98 39.198,-113.981 39.195)
(1 row)
SELECT
ST_AsText(
ST_GeomFromWKB(
ST_AsEWKB('POINT(2 5)'::geometry)
)
);
st_astext
------------
POINT(2 5)
(1 row)