Socrata was acquired by Tyler Technologies in 2018 and is now the Data and Insights division of Tyler. The platform is still powered by the same software formerly known as Socrata but you will see references to Data & Insights going forward.

make_point

Function: make_point
  function to make a point out of a Y (latitude) and X (longitude) coordinate.

  Note that the Y component (latitude) comes first

Examples:

  make_point(47.123124, -123.325232)
  -- Result: {"type":"Point","coordinates":[-123.325232,47.123124]}

  make_point(to_number(text_number_column), to_number(text_number_column))
  -- Result: {"type":"Point","coordinates":[42,42]}




Signatures
number, number -> point