[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: parsing coordinates

2009-04-20 Thread Tim Michelsen
* 40:26:46N,79:56:55W * 40:26:46.302N 79:56:55.903W * 40°26'21"N 79°58'36"W * 40d 26' 21" N 79d 58' 36" W * 40.446195N 79.948862W * 40.446195, -79.948862 * 40° 26.7717, -79° 56.93172 I'm aware that parsing and interpreting free-text coordinate descriptions is quite c

[OSGeo-Discuss] parsing coordinates

2009-04-20 Thread pere roca ristol
hi all, I'm developing a webapplication that let's user upload their point data and play with it. It currently works with lat/long in a CSV with this format (eg: *0.44, -79.9 *) but we find users with some of these also valid and acceptable ways to write geographic coordinates: - 40:26:46N,7