On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 04:59:07PM -0800, shadrack wrote: > This may seem like a very simple question...it is...but I can't find > documentation on it to help. I've seen some posts about lat/long but > none that give simple solutions on how to insert lat/long in tables. See the PostGIS documentation, in particular Chapter 4 "Using PostGIS": http://postgis.refractions.net/docs/ch04.html (The site isn't responding right now; hopefully it'll be available soon.) > postgis=# insert into routes_geom values(1, 'J084', > GeomFromText('LINESTRING(38.20 -121.00, 38.20, -118.00)', 4326)); > > I receive this error: > ERROR: parse error - invalid geometry > CONTEXT: SQL function "geomfromtext" statement 1 There are two problems with the geometry string: the syntax error is due an extra comma in the second pair of coordinates, and coordinates should be (X Y) therefore (lon lat) instead of (lat lon). Try this: insert into routes_geom values(1, 'J084', GeomFromText('LINESTRING(-121.00 38.20, -118.00 38.20)', 4326)); You might wish to subscribe to the postgis-users mailing list if you have additional questions. -- Michael Fuhr ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
