Imported the following shape file:

```
shp2pgsql -c -s 2262 MCGIS_Towns_Villages public.towns | pgsql -d database

```

Queried:

```
SELECT gid, name,st_astext(the_geom) as the_geom FROM towns

```

The multipolygon I get back is does NOT have points that are in latitude longitude types of numbers.

If I do:

```
 SELECT gid, name,st_askml(the_geom) as the_geom FROM towns

```

The data I get back has latitude and longitude type of data.

Why is this?