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Returns the type of the geometry as a string. Eg: ‘LINESTRING’, ‘POLYGON’, ‘MULTIPOINT’, etc. This function also indicates if the geometry is measured, by returning a string of the form ‘POINTM’. GeometryType

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Signatures

GeometryType (A: Geometry)

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Parameters

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A
Geometry
required
The input geometry.

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Return type

A string representation.

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Examples

SELECT GeometryType(ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(77.29 29.07,77.42 29.26,77.27 29.31,77.29 29.07)'));

 geometrytype
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 LINESTRING

SELECT GeometryType(ST_GeomFromText('POINTM(0 0 1)'));

 geometrytype
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 POINTM