A little closer, this seems to work, but it's not catching the 'W' or 'S'
cases to make it negative...
for i in range(0,20):
y=d[i][2].split('\xb0')
x=d[i][3].split('\xb0')
ydeg,ymin=int(y[0].rstrip()),float(y[1].strip('\' N'))
xdeg,xmin=int(x[0].rstrip()),float(x[1].rstrip("\' E").rstrip("\' W"))
if re.search('\Z W','x[1]'): xdeg=-1*xdeg
if re.search('\Z S','y[1]'): ydeg=-1*ydeg
declat=abs(ydeg)+ymin/60
declon=abs(xdeg)+xmin/60
if ydeg < 0: declat=declat*-1
if xdeg < 0: declon=declon*-1
elv=int(d[i][4].strip('m'))
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