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[Timothy Harding <hardingt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Jason,

Looks like 'featuretype' defines whether it is a polygon or a point.

Follow up Q: Is there a reason why latitude and longitude are in the demo
database if they are not standard?


Timothy Harding
RPCV Vanuatu
Skype: hardingt@xxxxxxxxx
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On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 11:50 PM, Jason Pickering <
jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Tim,
> The "coordinates" field is the one that is used by dhis2.  Those other two
> fields are not standard.  The coordinates field is used to store also
> polygon data, not just coordinates for point locations.
>
> Regards,
> Jason
> On Mar 12, 2015 7:23 AM, "Timothy Harding" <hardingt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hello Dev list,
>>
>> I'm poking around in the table looking at the GPS coordinates and found
>> three columns, one of which doesn't appear to be in the GUI:
>>
>> latitude character varying(255),
>> longitude character varying(255),
>> coordinates text,
>>
>> Is the column 'coordinates' a hold over from a previous version?
>>
>> Timothy Harding
>> RPCV Vanuatu
>> Skype: hardingt@xxxxxxxxx
>> +1 (541) 632-6623
>>
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