On Tue, 2006-04-25 at 00:43 -0700, Daevid Vincent wrote: > So for a sanity check, I decided to look "online" and punch in some to see > what the "real" lat/long should be. Well, different sites give different > values, and not only are they "slightly" off, but sometimes they're > _positive_ or _negative_!? UGH!
Not sure what your confusion is. It is a matter of notation. The negative value represents West where it is negative (as would be the East; note how there is no W mentioned there). So read about their presentation formats. I think 4 decimal points are plenty, especially if they follow the rounding rules. :-) Ed -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
