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Ray
Ray

Reputation: 41428

Why do shape files store geo coordinates with Longitude first?

Just about everywhere else references geo coordinates as x=latitude,y=longitude. This is generally thought to be for historical reasons of which measurement had the higher accuracy.

Does anyone know why almost all GIS geo spatial shape file formats stores their coordinates as x=longitude, y=latitude?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 93

Answers (1)

Cybercartel
Cybercartel

Reputation: 12592

Maybe it's related to the right-hand-rule:http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-hand_rule.

Upvotes: 1

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