oce (version 1.2-0)

parseLatLon: Parse a Latitude or Longitude String

Description

Parse a latitude or longitude string, e.g. as in the header of a CTD file The following formats are understood (for, e.g. latitude)

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

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.

Value

A numerical value of latitude or longitude.

See Also

Used by read.ctd().