I am using sql server 2008. I attempted to use geography data type. But i'm using lightswitch 2012 and it doesnt' support geography so I have to change the data type for long/lat. Whats the best practice in this case? decimal(9,6) ???
Best practice on how to store geography
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Yes using decimal(9,6) would be the best approach in your case.
Actually, Latitude is still easy to deal with. It's about 69 miles per degree.
Longitude is a little more complex, since 1° of longitude = (69.11) x (cosine of the latitude).
You may check out the Spatial data-types which are specially made for these purposes.