[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: parsing coordinates

[Mateusz Loskot]

Tim Michelsen wrote:
>     * 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?

Long time ago I made a script solving similar problems:

http://mateusz.loskot.net/software/gis/pydecimaldegrees/

It is very easy to extend it to support all the format
variations you've listed above.

Best regards,
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Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net
Charter Member of OSGeo, http://osgeo.org