On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Mark Jordan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > What's the best (i.e., most standardized and flexible) format for storing single-point geocoordinates? Definitely stick with decimal degrees (-122.61458), because dealing with minutes and seconds (122° 36' 52.5" W) is a real nuisance and unnecessarily complicates everything. If you are looking to embed coordinates within a data format like JSON, you might want to look at GeoJSON: http://www.geojson.org/geojson-spec.html#id2 Cheers, Keith