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Document that decimal separator for $Latitude and $Longitude is always "."

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Dianne Skoll
2022-03-17 11:23:16 -04:00
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@@ -2307,14 +2307,18 @@ The latitude of your location, expressed as a string that is a floating-point
number. Because \fBRemind\fR does not have a native floating-point type,
we need to express it as a string. $Latitude can range from "-90.0" to
"90.0", with positive numbers representing points north of the equator
and negative numbers representing south.
and negative numbers representing south. Note that regardless of your
locale, $Latitude is always interpreted in the "C" locale and as such,
the decimal point must be a period (".").
.TP
.B $Longitude (STRING type)
The longitude of your location, expressed as a string that is a floating-point
number. Because \fBRemind\fR does not have a native floating-point type,
we need to express it as a string. $Longitude can range from "-180.0" to
"180.0", with positive numbers representing points east of the Greenwich
Meridian and negative numbers representing west.
Meridian and negative numbers representing west. Note that regardless of your
locale, $Longitude is always interpreted in the "C" locale and as such,
the decimal point must be a period (".").
.RS
.PP
For example, the coordinates of the Statue of Liberty in New York City