Re: Format of Pioint datatype.... lat/long or long/lat??

From: John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>
To: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Format of Pioint datatype.... lat/long or long/lat??
Date: 2013-12-31 23:06:37
Message-ID: 52C34DFD.7050408@hogranch.com
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On 12/31/2013 2:34 PM, Adrian Klaver wrote:
>> point is just x,y, it doesn't understand the spherical lat/long math
>> (unless you install PostGIS and use its Geometry types which are fully
>> aware of spherical coords), that said, Latitude is generally used as X
>> (left/right, aka east/west), while Longitude is Y (up/down aka
>> north/south)
>
> I thought it was the other way around?

arrrgh, you're right. LONGITUDE is east/west, LATITUDE Is
north/south. so, its X = long, Y = lat.

doy!

sittin here at 37N

--
john r pierce 37N 122W
somewhere on the middle of the left coast

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