When I'm inputting point coordinates using the Latitude/Longitude widget, it displays the Well Known Text in the form "POINT(Long Lat)". Is that correct or shouldn't it be the opposite way - POINT(Lat Long) - instead (as documented at some places)?

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becw commented

This thread is very related: http://drupal.org/node/505734

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phayes commented

Ideally everyone should conform to the WKT standard, Using WSG 84 as the projection.

So: WKT standard is: POINT (x y)

WSG 84: http://spatialreference.org/ref/epsg/4326/

So it should be POINT (Lon Lat)

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allie micka
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Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

Hopefully, the information provided here is sufficient to answer your question.

For reasons like this, I'm really, really hoping that people will stop trying to use WKT for input and storage soon, and thinking of deprecating it for most user-facing purposes! :)