angle2dec: Convert latitude or longitude from degree to decimal format

In dcorvi/corvitools:

Description

This function takes a set of numbers and converts them to decimal degree without warning messages that spaa generates and doesnt require any outside imports

Usage

angle2dec(angle)

Arguments

angle

a character vector of angle or set of cardinates in lat lon format

Value

angle2dec() returns a numberic in decimal degrees

Examples

## Not run: 

nums <- ("59 44 50")

df <- data.frame("lat" = c(59,44,50), "long" = c(151,45,11))

angle2dec(nums)
 # apply to each column in dataframe
 new_df <- apply(df, 2L, angle2dec)

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