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 reason why some technical people and gis programs use long-lat format is don't want to reverse the order of x-y coordinate on their data list. I'm dropping KMLCSV Converter from my preferred utilities to recommend to lay people (too bad i love its simplicity, and can launch Garmin POI loader from within - no big deal) On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Ed Garcia <eppgar...@gmail.com> wrote: > I also used lat-long ever since. My GPS devices displays them in that > order, downloads them in that order too. my android GPS apps (GPS > Essentials, One Touch Location, etc) displays them in that order too. > > > On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Wayne Manuel <wdman...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Personally, I prefer lat-long. Easier to tell people that it should be >> alphabetical. And that at least in the PHL, the smaller number comes before >> the bigger number. >> >> Also, when copying latitude longitude from Google Maps urls (the ll >> parameter), it's lat long. >> >> When you want to quickly check where your lat longs are, you can just >> paste it into the Google Maps search box as lat,long >> >> >> >> >> Wayne Manuel >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Rally de Leon <rall...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> 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 preferred utility have different csv format) >>> >>> If i use "gpsbabel's" generic (Comma separated values) option (eg. kml >>> to csv conversion)---> gpsbabel -w -i kml -f filename.kml -o csv -F >>> filename.csv >>> csv will be in this order---> lat,long,name >>> >>> If i use another easy-to-use/free/multi-platform "KMLCSV" (from >>> http://choonchernlim.com/kmlcsv/ ) >>> kml to csv conversion will give you---> long,lat,name >>> >>> KMLCSV is very easy to use and allows ordinary people to view the POI's >>> on built-in google maps for quick verification. easy to install, easy to >>> distribute, virtually idiot-proof. >>> >>> GPSBabel is universal, has gui and command line, but has too many >>> option-buttons that can be confusing for ordinary user. >>> >>> or is there a way gpsbabel can convert (kml to csv) or (osm to csv) in >>> long,lat,name csv format? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Rally >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> talk-ph mailing list >>> talk-ph@openstreetmap.org >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk-ph mailing list >> talk-ph@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph >> >> > > > -- > website administrator: > - www.waypoints.ph > - reeflife.eppgarcia.com > > PADI Divemaster #491048 >
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