Comment 2 for bug 168678

Originator: NO

This is not a bug. From release notes for 0.44:

    * The --query-* command line parameters now return the true SVG
bounding box of the object instead of the Inkscape coordinate system bbox
(with inverted Y axis). The new behavior makes more sense for scripting use
of Inkscape.

Eventually, we plan to flip the UI coordinates too, so that there won't be
any discrepancy. For now, the UI shows coordinate origin in the lower left
corner, whereas per SVG it must be the upper left corner. This is a problem
we inherited from sodipodi and it will be fixed eventually. For now, at
least the --query commands are fixed to match the actual SVG code.