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[SOLVED] Converting a lat/lon coordinate?


ERuiz

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hey, i got it ;D suddenly remembered... explode explodes everything... ;)[code]
<?php
$position = "N18 23.5725 W66 23.8565";

$ex1 = explode(" ",$position);

$number1 = ($ex1[1]/60);
if (substr($ex1[0], 0, 1) == "N"){$answer1 = $number1 + substr($ex1[0], 1, 3);}
if (substr($ex1[0], 0, 1) == "W"){$answer1 = 0 - ($number1 + substr($ex1[0], 1, 3));}

$number2 = ($ex1[3]/60);
if (substr($ex1[2], 0, 1) == "N"){$answer2 = $number2 + substr($ex1[2], 1, 3);}
if (substr($ex1[2], 0, 1) == "W"){$answer2 = 0 - ($number2 + substr($ex1[2], 1, 3));}
echo "$answer1 and $answer2";
?>[/code]
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<?php
$position = "N18 23.5725 W66 23.8565";

$ex1 = explode(" ",$position);

$number1 = ($ex1[1]/60);
if (substr($ex1[0], 0, 1) == "N"){$answer1 = $number1 + substr($ex1[0], 1, 3);}
if (substr($ex1[0], 0, 1) == "W"){$answer1 = 0 - ($number1 + substr($ex1[0], 1, 3));}

$number2 = ($ex1[3]/60);
if (substr($ex1[2], 0, 1) == "N"){$answer2 = $number2 + substr($ex1[2], 1, 3);}
if (substr($ex1[2], 0, 1) == "W"){$answer2 = 0 - ($number2 + substr($ex1[2], 1, 3));}

$dp1 = round($answer1,4);

$dp2 = round($answer2,4);

echo "$dp1 and $dp2";
?>
[/code]

sorry, you cant have numbers before letters for variable mybad.
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