Difference between revisions of "Well known binary"

Latest revision as of 12:14, 12 June 2017

Full name	Well known binary (WKB), defined in ISO/IEC 13249-3:2016, Information technology - Database language - SQL multimedia and application packages Part 3: Spatial
Version	Edition 4
Amendments	None
Corrigenda	None
Published by	ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32, Data management and interchange
Languages	English
Online overview	https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:std:iso-iec:13249:-3:ed-5:v1:en
Type of standard	ISO International Standard Application level
Application	WKB is defined in ISO/IEC 13249-3:2011. WKB is a hexadecimal encoding that can be used to define geometry. Geometries are expressed as a stream of bytes that is not human readable. The type of geometry is specified followed by the coordinates of the nodes.
Implementation benefits	In ISO 19125-2:2004 Geographic information - Simple feature access - Part 2: SQL option, WKB is an option of describing geometries. This is an optimal format for databases, since the geometry is expressed as a stream of bytes and can easily be exchanged. However, the encoding does not support any analysis, such as measurements.

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+|In [[ISO 19125-2:2004 Geographic information - Simple feature access - Part 2: SQL option]], WKB is an option of describing geometries. This is an optimal format for databases, since the geometry is expressed as a stream of bytes and can easily be exchanged. However, the encoding does not support any analysis, such as measurements.
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 ==See also==
 * [[ISO 19125-2:2004 Geographic information - Simple feature access - Part 2: SQL option]]