Could the sdo_util.get_coordinate() function be renamed to something more intuitive? (or a new, documented, function created in its place)
The word "coordinate" seems misleading. Something like this might be better:
PointN()
Why does mdsys.st_geometry have an PointN() function, but sdo_geometry doesn't?
Get_Vertex()
Would be consistent with the GetVertices() function, but that function returns vertices as number columns in a table, not a point as a geometry. So in that sense, it might be misleading/confusing.
Or something like that
Worth considering?