[GRASS-user] Odd vector point placement

[Dylan Beaudette]

Hi Richard,

most GIS systems want the coordinates to be in x,y or
longitude-latitude order. I do not think that your (-21, 149)
coordinate pair is in the correct order -- could this be a source of
the problems?

cheers,

Dylan

On 4/4/07, Richard Chirgwin <rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> All,
>
> I have a set of vector points captured as decimal latitude / longitude,
> in a Mysql database.
>
> I am looking at a point which in the Map display is showing in the wrong
> place. In the database field, the point is captured as being at -21.133,
> 149.1833.
> The point displays at the correct latitude, but at longitude 153.81 (at
> least if I look at the map display with the mouse pointer!).
>
> If I query the point, it shows the right lat/long, and the hundreds of
> other points in the database seem to be coming up with the right spots.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Richard Chirgwin
>
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