parseLatLon {oce}R Documentation

Parse a latitude or longitude string

Description

Parse a latitude or longitude string, e.g. as in the header of a CTD file

Usage

parseLatLon(line, debug=getOption("oceDebug"))

Arguments

line

a character string containing an indication of latitude or longitude.

debug

a flag that turns on debugging. Set to 1 to get a moderate amount of debugging information, or to 2 to get more.

Details

The following formats are understood (for, e.g. latitude)

* NMEA Latitude = 47 54.760 N
** Latitude:      47 53.27 N

Value

A numerical value of latitude or longitude.

Author(s)

Dan Kelley

See Also

Used by read.ctd.


[Package oce version 0.9-18 Index]