Get West/East | North/South from GPS coordinates from Google API

Question

I have Lat & Long. How can i get West/East | North/South from GPS?

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<script type="text/javascript">
$().ready(function() {

    var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(-34.397, 150.644);
    var myOptions = {
      zoom: 8,
      center: latlng,
      mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
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        selectFirst: false,
        minChars: 3,
        cacheLength: 50,
        width: 300,
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        scrollHeight: 330
    }).result(function(_event, _data) {

    var coords = new google.maps.LatLng(
                        _data.geometry.location.lat(),
                        _data.geometry.location.lng()
                    );

        $('#lat').val (_data.geometry.location.lat())
        $('#lng').val (_data.geometry.location.lng())


        console.log (coords.lat () + '/' + coords.lng ());

        if (_data) map.fitBounds(_data.geometry.viewport);
    });

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<h3><a href="http://code.google.com/p/geo-autocomplete">jQuery geo-autocomplete Plugin</a> Demo</h3>

<div>Location: <input type="text" id="location" /> (autocomplete)</div>
<br/>
<div id="coords">Lat: 
    <input id="lat" name="lat" />
    Lng: 
    <input id="lng" name="lng" />
</div>
<br/>

AlexWien AlexWien · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-08T09:18:48

East/West: if longitude < 0 then West, else East
North/South: if latitude < 0 then South else North

Explanation:
The 0-Meridian (through London/Greenwich) is the limit between west and east.
The Aequator is the limit between south and north.

in Google, coordinates are represented in decimal degrees, where the negative sign, defines E/W or N/S

Get West/East | North/South from GPS coordinates from Google API

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