davidchaava commented on PR #28740:
URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/28740#issuecomment-5569695436
> Thanks for adding `GEOGRAPHY` support.
>
> Do you also plan to add a native `GEOMETRY` type in the future? It would
be useful to have both, especially for planar/projected data and
interoperability with systems like Iceberg and PostGIS.
Thanks, this is a useful distinction.
This PR intentionally introduces `GEOGRAPHY` only. Its contract is
geographic coordinates in OGC:CRS84, represented as 2D ISO WKB; it does not
provide planar/projected semantics or preserve arbitrary CRS/SRID metadata.
Although the WKB payload uses geometry primitives such as `POINT`,
`LINESTRING`, and `POLYGON`, that does not make it a native `GEOMETRY` type.
We do not currently have a concrete plan to add a native `GEOMETRY` type. It
would raise separate design questions around CRS/SRID handling, conversion
rules, and function semantics, and would need its own community discussion and
proposal if pursued.
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