几何物体的坐标可以是2D(x,y),3D(x,y,z),4D(x,y,z,m),加上一个属于线性参照系统的m值。
以下为几何WKT字串样例：
POINT(6 10)
LINESTRING(3 4,10 50,20 25)
POLYGON((1 1,5 1,5 5,1 5,1 1),(2 2,2 3,3 3,3 2,2 2))
MULTIPOINT(3.5 5.6, 4.8 10.5)
MULTILINESTRING((3 4,10 50,20 25),(-5 -8,-10 -8,-15 -4))
MULTIPOLYGON(((1 1,5 1,5 5,1 5,1 1),(2 2,2 3,3 3,3 2,2 2)),((6 3,9 2,9 4,6 3)))
GEOMETRYCOLLECTION(POINT(4 6),LINESTRING(4 6,7 10))
POINT ZM (1 1 5 60)
POINT M (1 1 80)
POINT EMPTY
MULTIPOLYGON EMPTY
WKT在许多GIS程序中被广泛采用。ESRI亦在其shape文件格式(*.prj)中使用WKT。
以下是空间参照系统的WKT表示样例：
COMPD_CS["OSGB36 / British National Grid + ODN",
PROJCS["OSGB 1936 / British National Grid",
GEOGCS["OSGB 1936",
DATUM["OSGB_1936",
spheroid["Airy 1830",6377563.396,299.3249646,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7001"]],
TOWGS84[375,-111,431,0,0,0,0],
AUTHORITY["EPSG","6277"]],
PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],
UNIT["DMSH",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9108"]],
AXIS["Lat",NORTH],
AXIS["Long",EAST],
AUTHORITY["EPSG","4277"]],
PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],
PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",49],
PARAMETER["central_meridian",-2],
PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.999601272],
PARAMETER["false_easting",400000],
PARAMETER["false_northing",-100000],
UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],
AXIS["E",EAST],
AXIS["N",NORTH],
AUTHORITY["EPSG","27700"]],
VERT_CS["Newlyn",
VERT_DATUM["Ordnance Datum Newlyn",2005,AUTHORITY["EPSG","5101"]],
UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],
AXIS["Up",UP],
AUTHORITY["EPSG","5701"]],
AUTHORITY["EPSG","7405"]]
