dmsFormat()

 

<cfscript>
  /**
  * Display an angle in degrees, minutes, and seconds. Optionally, append a sign indicator
  * in order to represent latitudes and longitudes.
  * 
  * @param value            The angle as decimal degrees (Required)
  * @param signIndicators   Optional sign indicators to be appended. The first character is the positive 
  *                         sign and the second is negative. For example, 'EW' for longitude and 'NS' for latitude.
  * @return string
  * @author Matthew Walker, WWW.eswsoftware.com
  * @version 1, 2007-08-11
  */

	function dmsFormat(value) {
		var temp = abs(value);
		var d = int(temp);
		var m = 0;
		var s = 0;
		var signIndicator = arrayLen(arguments) gt 1;
		var result = "";
		temp = (temp - d) * 60;
		m = int(temp);
		temp = (temp - m) * 60;
		s = int(temp);
		result = "#d#&##176; #numberFormat(m, "00")#&##8242; #numberFormat(s, "00")#&##8243;";
		
		if ( signIndicator )
			if ( value lt 0 )
				result = result & " " & right(arguments[2],1);
			else 
				result = result & " " & left(arguments[2],1);
		else
			if ( value lt 0 )
				result = "-" & result;
		return result;
	}
</cfscript>