Elements

class geoalchemy2.elements.WKTElement(*args, **kwargs)

Bases: geoalchemy2.elements._SpatialElement, sqlalchemy.sql.functions.Function

Instances of this class wrap a WKT or EWKT value.

Usage examples:

wkt_element_1 = WKTElement('POINT(5 45)')
wkt_element_2 = WKTElement('POINT(5 45)', srid=4326)

desc

This element’s description string.

class geoalchemy2.elements.WKBElement(*args, **kwargs)

Bases: geoalchemy2.elements._SpatialElement, sqlalchemy.sql.functions.Function

Instances of this class wrap a WKB or EWKB value.

Geometry values read from the database are converted to instances of this type. In most cases you won’t need to create WKBElement instances yourself.

Note: you can create WKBElement objects from Shapely geometries using the geoalchemy2.shape.from_shape() function.

desc

This element’s description string.

class geoalchemy2.elements.RasterElement(data)

Bases: sqlalchemy.sql.functions.FunctionElement

Instances of this class wrap a raster value. Raster values read from the database are converted to instances of this type. In most cases you won’t need to create RasterElement instances yourself.

desc

This element’s description string.