title: Converting ISO 6709 Formatted GPS Coordinates to Decimal Degrees in R
body: <p>We have a piece of equipment that outputs its GPS coordinates as numeric values to file in an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_6709" rel="nofollow">ISO 6709</a> lat/lon format of Lat = ±DDMM.MMMM &amp; Lon = ±DDDMM.MMMM</p>
  
  <p>Are there any packages with functions (or custom functions) in R that will convert this to a Decimal degrees format? (ie: ±DD.DDDDDD &amp; ±DDD.DDDDDD)</p>
  
  <p>An example would be that lat &amp; lon (2433.056, -8148.443) would be converted to (24.55094, -81.80739).</p>