From 0baad8d09498b7eb474523ce54e985e597c17a2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bashrc <bob@libreserver.org>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 18:53:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] West is negative

---
 maps.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/maps.py b/maps.py
index a39dc6ff7..25f53946c 100644
--- a/maps.py
+++ b/maps.py
@@ -317,14 +317,18 @@ def get_location_from_post(post_json_object: {}) -> str:
                     continue
                 if property_dict['name'] == "GPSLongitude":
                     longitude = property_dict['value']
+                    is_west = False
                     if isinstance(longitude, str):
                         if 'E' in longitude:
                             longitude = longitude.replace('E', '')
                         elif 'W' in longitude:
                             longitude = longitude.replace('W', '')
+                            is_west = True
                     if not is_float(longitude):
                         if isinstance(longitude, str):
                             longitude = float(longitude)
+                            if is_west and longitude > 0:
+                                longitude = - longitude
                 if property_dict['name'] == "GPSLatitude":
                     latitude = property_dict['value']
                     is_south = False