Package net.buildtheearth.terraminusminus.util.geo

Class CoordinateParseUtils

java.lang.Object

net.buildtheearth.terraminusminus.util.geo.CoordinateParseUtils

public final class CoordinateParseUtils
extends Object

Utilities for assisting in the parsing of latitude and longitude strings into Decimals.

Adapted version from gbif parsers

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static LatLng	parseVerbatimCoordinates(String coordinates)	Parses a String to a LatLng object, while being as flexible as possible.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

parseVerbatimCoordinates

public static LatLng parseVerbatimCoordinates(String coordinates)

Parses a String to a LatLng object, while being as flexible as possible. It can understand both decimal and DMS coordinates, and even a mix of them.

Coordinates can use both a period ., or a comma , as the decimal separator, as long as the same is used for both the latitude and longitude.

The coordinates can be separated by whitespaces, a semicolon ;, a slash / or a comma ,.

If the context doesn't make it clear which of latitude or longitude comes first, latitude is assumed.

Parameters:

coordinates - the coordinates to parse

Returns:

the parsed coordinates