ShpGeometryInputFormat is used to extract geometry data only from a shapefile.

A shapefile represents geographic features using one of three geometry types:

• Points — e.g., city locations
• Lines — e.g., roads, rivers
• Polygons — e.g., country borders, land parcels

A shapefile is a collection of related files rather than a single file. The main components include:

• .shp — stores the actual geometry (shapes)
• .dbf — stores attribute data (not used by this InputFormat)
• .shx — index file linking geometry records
• .prj — coordinate reference system / projection information

Output Format

Each record contains only the geometry, represented as text:

geometry

Where:

• geometry
  Geometry encoded in WKT (Well-Known Text) format

Configuration

No additional configuration parameters are required for ShpGeometryInputFormat.

Behavior

• Reads geometry data from shapefiles
• Ignores all attribute information
• Converts geometries into WKT text format
• Outputs one geometry per record

Typical Use Cases

• Extracting pure geometry data without attributes
• Feeding spatial geometries into GIS or spatial analytics workflows
• Converting shapefile geometries into text-based formats (WKT)
• Performing geometry-only spatial processing