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WKT (Well-Known Text)

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WKT is a general markup format in ASCII. It is described in detail on Wikipedia

Boost Geometry supports the common formats (POINT, LINESTRING, POLYGON, MULTIPOINT, MULTILINESTRING, MULTIPOLYGON).

Because Boost.Geometry also supports Box and Segment geometries, which are not standard OGC geometries, there are some extensions:

Box
Segment
Ring

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