NAME
    Geo::Coordinates::Parser - A coordinate parser class.

SYNOPSIS
            use Geo::Coordinates::Parser;
            my $coordinateparser = Geo::Coordinates::Parser->new('.');
            my $decimaldegree = $coordinateparser->parse(q{E25°42'60"});
            $decimaldegree = $coordinateparser->parse(q{E25.12346"});

DESCRIPTION
    This module provides a method for parsing a coordinate string.

METHODS
    This module provides the following methods:

    new($decimal_delimiter)
        Returns a new Geo::Coordinates::Parser object. The decimal delimiter
        can be given as an argument. If no argument is given then period "."
        character is used as decimal delimiter.

        Usage:

                my $coordinateparser = Geo::Coordinates::Parser->new(); # or
                my $coordinateparser = Geo::Coordinates::Parser->new('.'); # same as above, or
                my $coordinateparser = Geo::Coordinates::Parser->new(','); # , is the decimal delimiter

    parse($coordinatestring)
        Parses the coordinate string and returns it's decimal value. It uses
        Geo::Coordinates::DecimalDegrees to turn degrees, minutes and
        seconds into the equivalent decimal degree. The argument can be
        either a longitude or a latitude. It doesn't test the sanity of the
        data. The method simply removes all unnecessary characters and then
        converts the degrees, minutes and seconds to a decimal degree.

        Usage:

                my $decimal = $coordinateparser->parse('E25'42'60');

    decimal_delimiter($decimal_delimiter)
        Returns the decimal delimiter. If an argument is given then it's
        sets the delimiter to the given value.

        Usage:

                $coordinateparser->decimal_delimiter; # Returns the delimiter
                $coordinateparser->decimal_delimiter(','); # Sets and returns , as the delimiter
                $coordinateparser->decimal_delimiter; # Returns now , as the delimiter

REQUIRES
    Geo::Coordinates::DecimalDegrees

SEE ALSO
    Geo::Coordinates::DecimalDegrees

AUTHOR
    Carl Räihä, <carl.raiha at gmail.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
    Copyright 2005 by Carl Räihä / Frantic Media

    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the same terms as Perl itself.

