Re: [Geotools-devel] Handilng DMS units

2008-09-12 Thread Andrea Aime
Martin Desruisseaux ha scritto: > Andrea Aime a écrit : >> I mean, it would be easy if DMS was supposed to be stored >> as decimal degrees... but I'm just hoping for the unlikely. >> Can anybody clarify? > > I have not seen a clear answer for this one. My interpretation is that > is should be sto

Re: [Geotools-devel] Handilng DMS units

2008-09-12 Thread Martin Desruisseaux
Andrea Aime a écrit : > I mean, it would be easy if DMS was supposed to be stored > as decimal degrees... but I'm just hoping for the unlikely. > Can anybody clarify? I have not seen a clear answer for this one. My interpretation is that is should be stored in DMS, for example 10°30' would need

[Geotools-devel] Handilng DMS units

2008-09-12 Thread Andrea Aime
Hi, looking at the 4327 definition in the official epsg database: GEOGCS["WGS 84 (geographic 3D)", DATUM["World Geodetic System 1984", SPHEROID["WGS 84", 6378137.0, 298.257223563, AUTHORITY["EPSG","7030"]], AUTHORITY["EPSG","6326"]], PRIMEM["Greenwich", 0.0, AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"