[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: parsing coordinates

[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 complex, maybe someone knows a script (or a remote 
> service) that does a similar job?
I did some of this for python.
What langauge will you use?

Please report if you find some useful libraries.

Kind regards,
Timmie