deg2num {gmt} | R Documentation |
Convert deg:min:sec string to decimal number.
deg2num(x)
x |
string or vector of strings. |
Degrees, minutes and seconds are separated by colons, and each can have a decimal point as well. First character must be a minus sign or number, and last character must be W, E, S, N, or number.
Numeric representation of the degree string(s).
The string format is adopted from Appendix B.1.1 in the GMT manual.
Arni Magnusson arnima@u.washington.edu.
gmt-package
gives an overview of the package.
deg2num(c("12:30:44.5W", "17.5S", "1:00:05", "200:45E"))