### MEDITS.to.dd function trasforms MEDITS coordinates in dd.ddd format # data <- merge_TATC MEDITS.to.dd<-function(data) { lat_start=data$SHOOTING_LATITUDE lon_start= data$SHOOTING_LONGITUDE lat_end=data$HAULING_LATITUDE lon_end= data$HAULING_LONGITUDE LatStartDeg = floor(floor(lat_start)/100); LonStartDeg = floor(floor(lon_start)/100); LatStartMin=(lat_start-LatStartDeg*100)/60 LonStartMin=(lon_start-LonStartDeg*100)/60 LatEndDeg = floor(floor(lat_end)/100); LonEndDeg = floor(floor(lon_end)/100); LatEndMin=(lat_end-LatEndDeg*100)/60 LonEndMin=(lon_end-LonEndDeg*100)/60 lat_start2= LatStartDeg + LatStartMin lon_start2 = LonStartDeg + LonStartMin lat_end2 = LatEndDeg + LatEndMin lon_end2 = LonEndDeg + LonEndMin data$SHOOTING_LATITUDE = lat_start2 data$SHOOTING_LONGITUDE = lon_start2 data$HAULING_LATITUDE = lat_end2 data$HAULING_LONGITUDE = lon_end2 k <- 1 for (k in 1:length(data$SHOOTING_QUADRANT )){ if (data$SHOOTING_QUADRANT[k] == 7){ data$SHOOTING_LONGITUDE[k] <- -1 * data$SHOOTING_LONGITUDE[k] } if (data$SHOOTING_QUADRANT[k] == 3){ data$SHOOTING_LATITUDE[k] <- -1 * data$SHOOTING_LATITUDE[k] } if (data$SHOOTING_QUADRANT[k] == 5){ data$SHOOTING_LONGITUDE[k] <- -1 * data$SHOOTING_LONGITUDE[k] data$SHOOTING_LATITUDE[k] <- -1 * data$SHOOTING_LATITUDE[k] } if (data$HAULING_QUADRANT[k] == 7){ data$HAULING_LONGITUDE[k] <- -1 * data$HAULING_LONGITUDE[k] } if (data$HAULING_QUADRANT[k] == 3){ data$HAULING_LATITUDE[k] <- -1 * data$HAULING_LATITUDE[k] } if (data$HAULING_QUADRANT[k] == 5){ data$SHOOTING_LONGITUDE[k] <- -1 * data$HAULING_LONGITUDE[k] data$SHOOTING_LATITUDE[k] <- -1 * data$HAULING_LATITUDE[k] } } return(data) }