Longitude

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The Longitude function obtains the longitude of a point.

The input column must be a valid location within the Geographic Coordinate System.

This function isn’t compatible with all data platform connections. To check if your connection supports it, see Supported data platforms and feature compatibility.

Syntax

Longitude(point)

The function argument is:

point
Required
A valid point value that can be located on the Earth’s sphere; must comply with the Geographic Coordinate System
The function does not support other coordinate types, such as lines, polygons, and so on.

Example

Longitude([Coordinates])

The function Longitude extracts the latitude of a point from the Coordinate column: