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Most of the geometric functions can be passed either a a string containing Well Known Text String format or a Geometry Object as described below.
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WKT is commonly generated and used by Geographic Information Systems (GIS) or geographical databases.
For more information on this topic see: Well Known Text
Geometry
Many geometry functions return a "Geometry" object this is the internal optimised representation of the results which can be passed directly into other geometry functions.
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