I'm using GeoPt 'cause it might have improvements in the future, like nearby
search.
I'm not sure about Spring form beans. I would recommend VRaptor with Pico
and Objectify for better startup time.



On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Eliot Stock <1...@eliotstock.com> wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> What's the advantage, if any of using GeoPt (
> http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/java/datastore/entities.html#Properties_and_Value_Types)
> over using two float fields?
>
> I've found the disadvantage is that Spring form beans are difficult to work
> with when you have two hidden fields on the UI (lat and long) but one GeoPt
> field on the entity.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Eliot
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