Dear all,
Which is the more common / preferred format for csv
lat,long,name or long,lat,name? and why do you prefer one over the other?
(eg. less hassle, less clicks to import csv to common GIS softwares)
If I am to recommend to ordinary people a free conversion utility, which
one? (my 2
On Thursday, 19 September, 2013 11:22 AM, Rally de Leon wrote:
lat,long,name or long,lat,name? and why do you prefer one over the
other? (eg. less hassle, less clicks to import csv to common GIS
softwares)
Just my opinion: when people talk about co-ordinates, they normally talk
about Lat and
Thank you for your answers. It looks like the Lat-Long wins :-)
Yes, its more natural to read in lat-long order. I checked with some paper
records of the Bureau of Lands Location Monuments (BLLM), they too have
Latitude/Northings Longitude/Eastings columns. Googe Earth uses it.
Maybe the only
The problem with lat,long is that it will be confusing when you plot
it in a cartesian plane.
Mathematics convention is x,y (hence long,lat) and this becomes more
confusing if you use a projected coordinate system like UTM (Easting,
Northing).
For a bit of history, the lat, long order came from
September 2013 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: [talk-ph] recommended csv format
The problem with lat,long is that it will be confusing when you plot
it in a cartesian plane.
Mathematics convention is x,y (hence long,lat) and this becomes more
confusing if you use a projected coordinate system like UTM (Easting
