This part of the FAQ links the author's explanation of his preference. > Do you have a preference? Yes I do: longitude, latitude. http://macwright.org/2016/07

This part of the FAQ links the author's explanation of his preference. > Do you have a preference? Yes I do: longitude, latitude. http://macwright.org/2016/07/15/longitude-latitude-is-the-right-way.html http://macwright.org/2016/07/15/longitude-latitude-is-the-ri... The bullet points: * Almost every geospatial format puts longitude first * Almost all open source software uses longitude, latitude ordering * longitude-first is the equivalent of XY ordering