DDMMSS_to_DD: DDMMSS_to_DD

In Maritimes/Mar.utils: A suite of functions used by a variety of Maritimes packages

DDMMSS_to_DD

Description

This is a utility that will replace the DDMMSS columns of a dataframe with the same coordinates in decimal degrees.

Usage

DDMMSS_to_DD(
  df = NULL,
  lat.field = "LATITUDE",
  lon.field = "LONGITUDE",
  WestHemisphere = T
)

Arguments

df	a dataframe to be analyzed. If left NULL, a value for db should be provided
lat.field	the default is "LATITUDE". This is the name of the field holding latitude values (in decimal degrees)
lon.field	the default is "LONGITUDE". This is the name of the field holding longitudevalues (in decimal degrees)
WestHemisphere	the default is TRUE. It true, this ensure that all returned Longitudes are negative. If false, the original sign is retained.

Value

a data.frame

Author(s)

Mike McMahon, [e-mail]

See Also

Other general_use: DDMMx_to_DD(), aggregator(), clip_by_poly(), combine_lists(), df_qc_spatial(), df_sf_to_gpkg(), df_to_sf(), drop_cols(), prepare_shape_fields(), subset_by_time(), updateCheck()

Maritimes/Mar.utils documentation built on Feb. 12, 2024, 11:38 p.m.