Shape type values

A shape type of 0 indicates a null shape with no geometric data for the shape.
Value Shape type Spatial data type
0 Null Shape Empty ST_Geometry
1 Point ST_Point
3 PolyLine ST_MultiLineString
5 Polygon ST_MultiPolygon
8 MultiPoint ST_MultiPoint
9 PointZ ST_Point with Z coordinates
10 PolyLineZ ST_MultiLineString with Z coordinates
11 PointZM ST_Point with Z coordinates and measures
13 PolyLineZM ST_MultiLineString with Z coordinates and measures
15 PolygonZM ST_MultiPolygon with Z coordinates and measures
18 MultiPointZM ST_MultiPoint with Z coordinates and measures
19 PolygonZ ST_MultiPolygon with Z coordinates
20 MultiPointZ ST_MultiPoint with Z coordinates
21 PointM ST_Point with measures
23 PolyLineM ST_MultiLineString with measures
25 PolygonM ST_MultiPolygon with measures
28 MultiPointM ST_MultiPoint with measures

Shape types not specified above (2, 4, 6, and so on) are reserved for future use.

The ST_LineString and ST_Polygon Spatial data types do not have equivalent shape type values.