spec for lat/lon is numeric but entered as string #4
Description
The specification for env_data, the lat/lon are coded as "numeric" as they are frequently decimal degrees but it states the coordinate is to be entered as it appears in the paper, and for values 53°05 N if coded as numeric are read in as NA. If you want to capture strings in this column it must be coded as character.
then it must be converted when doing the post-processing step with a custom function that checks the coord_units.
I'm updating the specification sheet in https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14dEs_pp0nvF6C9dCWjIJt6DniwQdHq91Kip8ebOxNDA/edit?gid=1744474531#gid=1744474531 so that DMS values will be preserved. All the DMS values will need to be converted later.
Note that The strings that store DMS have a diversity of values like "53°05 N", or "40°45'11'' N" especially since that last one two single quotes used for seconds ( ' ' vs " ). Some editing of the way these are entered may be required for proper conversion but for now if they are not easily converetd will be stored as NAs.