diff --git a/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/DDC.java b/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/DDC.java
index 7e18aec10..845fe5b90 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/DDC.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/DDC.java
@@ -596,14 +596,8 @@ static final Object convertStreamToObject(BaseInputStream stream, TypeInfo typeI
                             if (JDBCType.GUID == jdbcType) {
                                 return Util.readGUID(byteValue);
                             } else if (JDBCType.GEOMETRY == jdbcType) {
-                                if (!typeInfo.getSSTypeName().equalsIgnoreCase(jdbcType.toString())) {
-                                    DataTypes.throwConversionError(typeInfo.getSSTypeName().toUpperCase(), jdbcType.toString());
-                                }
                                 return Geometry.STGeomFromWKB(byteValue);
                             } else if (JDBCType.GEOGRAPHY == jdbcType) {
-                                if (!typeInfo.getSSTypeName().equalsIgnoreCase(jdbcType.toString())) {
-                                    DataTypes.throwConversionError(typeInfo.getSSTypeName().toUpperCase(), jdbcType.toString());
-                                }
                                 return Geography.STGeomFromWKB(byteValue);
                             } else {
                                 String hexString = Util.bytesToHexString(byteValue, byteValue.length);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/Geography.java b/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/Geography.java
index c572ad70b..d8dd00929 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/Geography.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/Geography.java
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public static Geography parse(String wkt) throws SQLServerException {
      *         if an exception occurs
      */
     public static Geography point(double lat, double lon, int srid) throws SQLServerException {
-        return new Geography("POINT (" + lon + " " + lat + ")", srid);
+        return new Geography("POINT (" + lat + " " + lon + ")", srid);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ public boolean hasZ() {
      * @return double value that represents the latitude.
      */
     public Double getLatitude() {
-        if (null != internalType && internalType == InternalSpatialDatatype.POINT && yValues.length == 1) {
-            return yValues[0];
+        if (null != internalType && internalType == InternalSpatialDatatype.POINT && xValues.length == 1) {
+            return xValues[0];
         }
         return null;
     }
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ public Double getLatitude() {
      * @return double value that represents the longitude.
      */
     public Double getLongitude() {
-        if (null != internalType && internalType == InternalSpatialDatatype.POINT && xValues.length == 1) {
-            return xValues[0];
+        if (null != internalType && internalType == InternalSpatialDatatype.POINT && yValues.length == 1) {
+            return yValues[0];
         }
         return null;
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/datatypes/SQLServerSpatialDatatypeTest.java b/src/test/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/datatypes/SQLServerSpatialDatatypeTest.java
index cce188515..6a95f29c9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/datatypes/SQLServerSpatialDatatypeTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/datatypes/SQLServerSpatialDatatypeTest.java
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
  */
 package com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.datatypes;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -813,7 +812,7 @@ public void testPoint() throws SQLException {
         String geoWKT = "POINT(1 2)";
 
         Geometry geomWKT = Geometry.point(1, 2, 0);
-        Geography geogWKT = Geography.point(2, 1, 4326);
+        Geography geogWKT = Geography.point(1, 2, 4326);
 
         try (Connection con = (SQLServerConnection) DriverManager.getConnection(connectionString);
                 Statement stmt = con.createStatement()) {
@@ -969,8 +968,8 @@ public void testGetXGetY() throws SQLException {
 
         x = geog.getLatitude();
         y = geog.getLongitude();
-        assertEquals(x, 2);
-        assertEquals(y, 1);
+        assertEquals(x, 1);
+        assertEquals(y, 2);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -1042,48 +1041,6 @@ public void testNull() throws SQLException {
             }
         }
     }
-    
-    @Test
-    public void testWrongtype() throws SQLException {
-        beforeEachSetup();
-
-        Geometry geomWKT = Geometry.point(1, 2, 0);
-        Geography geogWKT = Geography.point(2, 1, 4326);
-
-        try (Connection con = (SQLServerConnection) DriverManager.getConnection(connectionString);
-                Statement stmt = con.createStatement()) {
-
-            try (SQLServerPreparedStatement pstmt = (SQLServerPreparedStatement) con.prepareStatement(
-                    "insert into " + AbstractSQLGenerator.escapeIdentifier(geomTableName) + " values (?)");) {
-                pstmt.setGeometry(1, geomWKT);
-                pstmt.execute();
-
-                try {
-                    SQLServerResultSet rs = (SQLServerResultSet) stmt.executeQuery("select * from " + AbstractSQLGenerator.escapeIdentifier(geomTableName));
-                    rs.next();
-                    rs.getGeography(1); // should fail
-                    fail();
-                } catch (SQLServerException e) {
-                    assertEquals(e.getMessage(), "The conversion from GEOMETRY to GEOGRAPHY is unsupported.");
-                }
-            }
-
-            try (SQLServerPreparedStatement pstmt = (SQLServerPreparedStatement) con.prepareStatement(
-                    "insert into " + AbstractSQLGenerator.escapeIdentifier(geogTableName) + " values (?)");) {
-                pstmt.setGeography(1, geogWKT);
-                pstmt.execute();
-
-                try {
-                    SQLServerResultSet rs = (SQLServerResultSet) stmt.executeQuery("select * from " + AbstractSQLGenerator.escapeIdentifier(geogTableName));
-                    rs.next();
-                    rs.getGeometry(1); // should fail
-                    fail();
-                } catch (SQLServerException e) {
-                    assertEquals(e.getMessage(), "The conversion from GEOGRAPHY to GEOMETRY is unsupported.");
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
 
     private void beforeEachSetup() throws SQLException {
         try (Connection con = (SQLServerConnection) DriverManager.getConnection(connectionString);