On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Mark Jordan <mjordan_at_sfu.ca> wrote:
> What's the best (i.e., most standardized and flexible) format for storing single-point geocoordinates?
Definitely stick with decimal degrees (-122.61458), because dealing
with minutes and seconds (122° 36' 52.5" W) is a real nuisance and
unnecessarily complicates everything.
If you are looking to embed coordinates within a data format like
JSON, you might want to look at GeoJSON:
http://www.geojson.org/geojson-spec.html#id2
Cheers,
Keith
Received on Thu Jun 28 2012 - 15:15:00 EDT