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Latitude / Longitude DMS, DDM, DD Regular Expressions
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Degrees Minutes Seconds (DMS) | |
40° 26′ 46″ N 79° 58′ 56″ W | |
40° 26′ 46″ S 79° 58′ 56″ E | |
90° 0′ 0″ S 180° 0′ 0″ E | |
40° 26′ 45.9996″ N 79° 58′ 55.2″ E | |
Latitudes range from 0 to 90. | |
Longitudes range from 0 to 180. | |
Minutes & Seconds range from 0-60 | |
Use N, S, E or W as either the last character, | |
which represents a compass direction North, South, East or West. | |
D & M must be intergers, S may be an interger or float. | |
DMS.latitude - /^[\+-]?(([1-8]?\d)\D+([1-5]?\d|60)\D+([1-5]?\d|60)(\.\d+)?|90\D+0\D+0)\D+[NSns]?$/ | |
DMS.longitude - /^[\+-]?([1-7]?\d{1,2}\D+([1-5]?\d|60)\D+([1-5]?\d|60)(\.\d+)?|180\D+0\D+0)\D+[EWew]?$/ | |
Degrees Decimal Minutes (DDM) | |
40° 26.767′ N 79° 58.933′ W | |
90° 0′ N 180° 0′ W | |
90° N 180° W | |
Latitudes range from 0 to 90. | |
Longitudes range from 0 to 180. | |
Use N, S, E or W as either the last character, | |
which represents a compass direction North, South, East or West. | |
The last degree, minute, or second of a latitude or longitude | |
may contain a decimal portion. | |
DDM.latitude - /^[\+-]?(([1-8]?\d)\D+[1-6]?\d(\.\d{1,})?|90(\D+0)?)\D+[NSns]?$/ | |
DDM.longitude - /^[\+-]?((1[0-7]\d|[1-9]?\d)\D+[1-6]?\d(\.\d{1,})?|180(\D+0)?)\D+[EWew]?$/ | |
Decimal Degrees (DD) | |
40.446° N 79.982° W | |
Precede South latitudes and West longitudes with a minus sign. | |
Latitudes range from -90 to 90 | |
Longitudes range from -180 to 180 | |
Up to 6 decimal places | |
DD.latitude - /^[\+-]?(([1-8]?\d)(\.\d{1,})?|90)\D*[NSns]?$/ | |
DD.longitude - /^[\+-]?((1[0-7]\d|[1-9]?\d)(\.\d{1,})?|180)\D*[EWew]?$/ | |
IN JS: | |
const patterns = { | |
lat: { | |
isDMS: /^(([1-8]?[0-9])\D+([1-5]?[0-9]|60)\D+([1-5]?[0-9]|60)(\.[0-9]+)?|90\D+0\D+0)\D+[NSns]$/, | |
isDDM: /^(([1-8]?[0-9])\D+[1-6]?[0-9](\.\d{1,3})?|90(\D+0)?)\D+([NSns])$/, | |
isDD: /^[\+-]?(([1-8]?[0-9])(\.\d{1,6})?|90)\D*[NSns]?$/ | |
}, | |
lng: { | |
isDMS: /^((1[0-7][0-9]|[1-9]?[0-9])\D+([1-5]?[0-9]|60)\D+([1-5]?[0-9]|60)(\.[0-9]+)?|180\D+0\D+0)\D+[EWew]$/, | |
isDDM: /^((1[0-7][0-9]|[1-9]?[0-9])\D+[1-6]?[0-9](\.\d{1,3})?|180(\D+0)?)\D+([EWew])$/, | |
isDD: /^[\+-]?((1[0-7][0-9]|[1-9]?[0-9])(\.\d{1,6})?|180)\D*[EWew]?$/ | |
} | |
}; | |
Combined: | |
patterns.lat.combined = new RegExp(`^(${patterns.lat.map(tt => `(${tt.toString().replace(/^\/\^(.+?)\$\//g,'$1')})`).join('|')})$`); | |
patterns.lng.combined = new RegExp(`^(${patterns.lng.map(tt => `(${tt.toString().replace(/^\/\^(.+?)\$\//g,'$1')})`).join('|')})$`) | |
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Updated 8 July 2021 - Removed lodash stuff, converted to ES6 style map.