dear all, I develop in PHP and have almost no idea about Python and Perl, but thank you anyway for the information.
best regards, Pere 2009/4/21 <discuss-requ...@lists.osgeo.org> > Send Discuss mailing list submissions to > discuss@lists.osgeo.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > discuss-requ...@lists.osgeo.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > discuss-ow...@lists.osgeo.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Discuss digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: parsing coordinates (Tim Michelsen) > 2. Re: Re: parsing coordinates (Mateusz Loskot) > 3. Re: Re: parsing coordinates (Mateusz Loskot) > 4. Re: parsing coordinates (Arnulf Christl) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:09:42 +0200 > From: Tim Michelsen <timmichel...@gmx-topmail.de> > Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: parsing coordinates > To: disc...@mail.osgeo.org > Message-ID: <gsioam$7u...@ger.gmane.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > * 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:26:21 +0100 > From: Mateusz Loskot <mate...@loskot.net> > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: parsing coordinates > To: OSGeo Discussions <discuss@lists.osgeo.org> > Cc: disc...@mail.osgeo.org > Message-ID: <49ed832d.7060...@loskot.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > 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, > -- > Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net > Charter Member of OSGeo, http://osgeo.org > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:26:21 +0100 > From: Mateusz Loskot <mate...@loskot.net> > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: parsing coordinates > To: OSGeo Discussions <discuss@lists.osgeo.org> > Cc: disc...@mail.osgeo.org > Message-ID: <49ed832d.7060...@loskot.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > 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, > -- > Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net > Charter Member of OSGeo, http://osgeo.org > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:39:43 +0200 > From: Arnulf Christl <arnulf.chri...@wheregroup.com> > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] parsing coordinates > To: OSGeo Discussions <discuss@lists.osgeo.org> > Message-ID: <49eddaaf.9030...@wheregroup.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > pere roca ristol schrieb: > > 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,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? > > > > > > It would be very helpful. > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Pere > > Potentially adding to your woes you should take into account that people > mix up axis order. It is a well established traditional fight between > developers, geodesists and the rest of the world. This page [1] sums up > the main issue. If you find a script that dares to deal with this, feel > free to add it as a link to that page. > > Best regards, > Arnulf. > > [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Axis_Order_Confusion > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAknt2q8ACgkQhcSN09gHfZwNzwCgk1S2Cg/iHJIAljjqgnSHhDpB > QD4AniAQ9tvYuJ/KH4uoy/vRhzyTS3pM > =tK5z > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > End of Discuss Digest, Vol 28, Issue 21 > *************************************** > -- Pere Roca Ristol Biòleg i especialista GIS Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC) Visita l'EDIT mapViewer! http://edit.csic.es/edit_geo/prototype/edit.html
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