27. latLonFormat(): Present the center
coordinates in standard format
cbchistlib.py
# - - - l a t L o n F o r m a t
def latLonFormat(lat, lon):
'''Format a latitude and longitude nicely.
[ lat is a latitude as "DDMM" and lon is a longitude as "DDDMM" ->
return those values formatted as unicode in braces ]
'''
if lat.strip()=='' and lon.strip()=='':
return " {unknown} "
latDeg = lat[:2]
latMin = lat[2:]
lonDeg = lon[:3]
lonMin = lon[3:]
return(" {%s%s%s%sN %s%s%s%sW} " %
(latDeg, DEGREES, latMin, MINUTES,
lonDeg, DEGREES, lonMin, MINUTES))
