Re: GPS coordinates problem

From: Robert Heinen <rob(at)216software(dot)com>
To: Andreas Kretschmer <andreas(at)a-kretschmer(dot)de>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: GPS coordinates problem
Date: 2019-10-08 11:57:07
Message-ID: CAKQp+O=0=-HsLTiLNuKtpRaRfVj5dKp59g6z9qfM1FxwujhW9w@mail.gmail.com
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You can use the postgis extension:

create extension postgis;

Then you can create a geography coulmn

location geography( point, 4326)

and insert a lat /long as a point like this:
ST_GeographyFromText('SRID=4326;POINT(%(longitude)s %(latitude)s)'),

On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 1:30 PM Andreas Kretschmer <andreas(at)a-kretschmer(dot)de>
wrote:

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> Am 08.10.19 um 12:50 schrieb Timmy Siu:
> > Now, I need Global Position System coordinates as a data type. How do
> > I define it in Postgresql 11 or 12?
>
> consider PostGIS.
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> Regards, Andreas
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