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geoType( "Well Known Text" geometryValue), Returns the name of this geometry's actual class e.g. "Point", "LineString", "Polygon"", "MultiPolygon".

Function: geoType(Geometry

...

value)

Returns the name of this geometry's actual class e.g. "Point", "LineString", "Polygon"", "MultiPolygon".

If passed a string the geometry functions will automatically convert it into a geometry object.

geoType( "Well Known Text" geometryValue)

Argument	Type	Description

Well Known Text

geometryValue

WTK String

Well known text (WKT) is a text mark-up language for representing vector geometry objects

or

Geometry Object

The geometry the calculation is formed around provided in either data type to determine its geometry class.

geoType(30.10"POLYGON ((30 10, 40 40, 20 40, 10 20, 30 10))")

Returns the name of this geometry's actual class, e.g. "Point", "LineString", "Polygon"", "MultiPolygon", as a String.

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