I am trying to convert a lat long string (53.3603, -6.315050000000042) into a google maps object in this format: B: -6.26747649999993 k: 53.339251

I have used this function which works for the long but returns Nan for the lat.

function getLatLngFromString(ll) {
        var lat = ll.replace(/\s*\,.*/, ''); // first 123
        var lng = ll.replace(/.*,\s*/, ''); // second ,456
        var locate = new google.maps.LatLng(parseFloat(lat), parseFloat(lng)); 
        return locate;
    }
    ;

I am storing the lat long in a html tag as it called to a list view connected to a map. It is stored here in the correct format however when I retrieve it using the jQuery .attr it converts it to a string.

var location = $(this).closest('.allList').attr("position");

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I am trying to convert a lat long string (53.3603, -6.315050000000042) into a google maps object in this format: B: -6.26747649999993 k: 53.339251

I have used this function which works for the long but returns Nan for the lat.

function getLatLngFromString(ll) {
        var lat = ll.replace(/\s*\,.*/, ''); // first 123
        var lng = ll.replace(/.*,\s*/, ''); // second ,456
        var locate = new google.maps.LatLng(parseFloat(lat), parseFloat(lng)); 
        return locate;
    }
    ;

I am storing the lat long in a html tag as it called to a list view connected to a map. It is stored here in the correct format however when I retrieve it using the jQuery .attr it converts it to a string.

var location = $(this).closest('.allList').attr("position");

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

• javascript
• jquery
• google-maps-api-3
• latitude-longitude

1 Answer 1

Assuming the lat/lng string looks like "10.5, -0.51"

function getLatLngFromString(ll) {
    var latlng = ll.split(/, ?/)
    return new google.maps.LatLng(parseFloat(latlng[0]), parseFloat(latlng[1])); 
}

Should work