I am building a geolocation based app and i want to know which data type is best for storing lat/long i am using doubleValue but i think we can be more precise like 10 decimal places .
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I am building a geolocation based app and i want to know which data type is best for storing lat/long i am using doubleValue but i think we can be more precise like 10 decimal places .
doubleis the value used by the iOS itself. iOS usesCLLocationDegreesto represent lat/long values which is a typedef of double.IMO, using
double/CLLocationDegreeswould be the best choice.