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Posted on February 5, 2023 (Updated on July 10, 2025)

How to calculate cell tower polygon and get the coordinates in wkt format

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Is WKT long lat or lat long?

Understanding WKT point formatting



WKT formats points in (long, lat) order. This was surprising to me as I had previously seen geographical points in the (lat, long) order, so I looked into why WKT formats points the other way around.
 

What is WKT data?

Well Known Text (WKT) is an Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standard that is used to represent spatial data in a textual format. Most OGC-compliant systems support Well Known Text. Spatial functionality in SQL Server 2008, 2012, and SQL Azure can easily convert between a spatial object in the database and WKT.
 

How do you find the area of a polygon using latitude and longitude?

By finding the product of a point’s x coordinate times the next point’s y coordinate, then subtracting the y coordinate of the first point times the x coordinate of the second coordinate and dividing by two, you will find the area of the polygon.
 

How do you find the area of a polygon in Python?

Python Math: Calculate the area of a regular polygon

  1. Sample Solution:-
  2. Python Code: from math import tan, pi n_sides = int(input(“Input number of sides: “)) s_length = float(input(“Input the length of a side: “)) p_area = n_sides * (s_length ** 2) / (4 * tan(pi / n_sides)) print(“The area of the polygon is: “,p_area)

Is WGS84 the same as lat long?

What’s called “WGS84” is usually a specific standard for lat-long, more formally called “EPSG Coordinate Reference System Code 4326”. These are the coordinates used by GPS location systems, and should be the default lat-long system for any new data.
 

Can I get the location with Lat Long?

To search for a place, enter the latitude and longitude GPS coordinates on Google Maps. You can also find the coordinates of the places you previously found. Besides longitude and latitude, you can use plus codes to share a place without an address.

What does WKT mean in math?

Well-known text (WKT) is a text markup language for representing vector geometry objects. A binary equivalent, known as well-known binary (WKB), is used to transfer and store the same information in a more compact form convenient for computer processing but that is not human-readable.

What is WKB geometry format?

WKB stands for Well-Known Binary, a format for representing geographical and geometrical data. WKB uses 1-byte unsigned integers, 4-byte unsigned integers, and 8-byte double-precision numbers. The first byte indicates the byte order. 00 for big endian, or 01 for little endian.

What is WKT used for?

Well-known text (WKT) is a text markup language for representing vector geometry objects on a map and spatial reference systems of spatial objects. A binary equivalent, known as well-known binary (WKB) is used to transfer and store the same information for geometry objects.

Do you write long or lat first?

Handy tip: when giving a co-ordinate, latitude (north or south) always precedes longitude (east or west). Latitude and longitude are divided in degrees (°), minutes (‘) and seconds (“). There are 60 minutes in a degree and 60 seconds in a minute (similar to measuring time).
 

How is Lat Long written?

When writing latitude and longitude, write latitude first, followed by a comma, and then longitude. For example, the above lines of latitude and longitude would be written as “15°N, 30°E.”

What is lat long called?

A global address is given as two numbers called coordinates. The two numbers are a location’s latitude number and its longitude number (“Lat/Long”).

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