Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([2a02:16a8:dc51::56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gCPwG-0002tj-Eh for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 16 Oct 2018 14:03:12 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gCPwE-0004Dq-Th for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 16 Oct 2018 14:03:10 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gCPwE-0004Dj-OA for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Tue, 16 Oct 2018 14:03:10 +0000 Received: from momjian.us ([72.94.173.45]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gCPwB-00054u-QP for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Tue, 16 Oct 2018 14:03:10 +0000 Received: from bruce by momjian.us with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gCPw9-0006Aj-U6; Tue, 16 Oct 2018 10:03:05 -0400 Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 10:03:05 -0400 From: Bruce Momjian To: strube1974@gmail.com, pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org Subject: Re: type point Message-ID: <20181016140305.GB31154@momjian.us> References: <153967050861.29895.9950715960572130215@wrigleys.postgresql.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <153967050861.29895.9950715960572130215@wrigleys.postgresql.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Precedence: bulk On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 06:15:08AM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote: > The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: > > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/datatype-geometric.html > Description: > > I think that the information on points should contain a sentence like this: > "Order is Longitude, Latitude - so if you plot it as the map, it is (x, > y)." > > [1] https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/datatype-geometric.html > [2] https://stackoverflow.com/a/47396542/1602492 Well, as I remember, our geometric types don't know anything about longitude or latitude. PostGIS does handle this, but it is a separate project team. -- Bruce Momjian http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + As you are, so once was I. As I am, so you will be. + + Ancient Roman grave inscription +