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Apr 23, 2024 · Fundamentals

How to Write, Convert, and Read WKB Data with JTS in Java

This article explains the WKB binary format, its storage advantages in MySQL and PostgreSQL, and provides step‑by‑step Java code using JTS's GeometryFactory, WKBWriter, and WKBReader to write a Point to WKB, convert it to a hex string, and read it back into a geometry object.