Re: [Spatialml-discussion] Format and syntax of geo-coordinates

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Justin Richer wrote:
> I propose that we incorporate suggestions of several easily-parsable,
> mutually-disambiguatable syntactical formats for this field. While a
> user of the language COULD use a coordinate format different from =20
> this,
> they SHOULD use one of these given formats to ensure interoperability.
> So this becomes a strong suggestion of use, with solid guidelines and
> examples.
>
> 42=B0N 71=B0W
> 42.358 -71.060
> 42.358=B0 -71.060=B0
> 42.358=B0N 71.060=B0W
> 42.358N 71.060W
> 42:35.8N 71:6.13W
> 42:35:8N 71:6:7W
> 42:35:8.453 -71:6:4.343

Looks good to me.  This scheme doesn't match any standards I've seen, =20=

but it seems like your purpose here is just to define something =20
that's unambiguous and parsable.  I've never seen colons used to =20
separate D:M:S, but I like it, it's entirely analogous to time notation.

Degree symbols (=B0) are superfluous since coordinates are already =20
defined in terms of degrees.

-Greg