codegordi

### a simple coordinate conversion function to convert latitude, longitude in DMS to decimal-degress
### christina gutierrez aka github@codegordi
#library(gsubfn)
require(gsubfn)
options(digits=15)
# point.set == data set with at least latitute and longitude in degrees-(arc)minutes-seconds[-fractional seconds]; 
#   no projection or datum assumed;
#   format of DD[D]:MM:SS[*] is assumed
# 	e.g. coords <- c("122:45:45", "-69:38:27")
# 	e.g  coords <- c("122:45:45.84", "-69:38:27.76")

codegordi

# best practices for web scraping in R #

# function should be used with ldply
# eg: 

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