Merge narwhal into GBIF parsers (with Candensys)

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Reporter: trobertson
Type: Task
Summary: Merge narwhal into GBIF parsers (with Candensys)
Priority: Major
Status: Open
Created: 2014-06-06 17:00:41.521
Updated: 2014-06-06 17:00:41.521
        
Description: GBIF and Canadensys are overlapping and @cgendreau (Christian Gendreau) has suggested we merge the projects.  It makes good sense.

https://github.com/Canadensys/narwhal-processor is Narwhal

If you compare:

https://github.com/gbif/parsers/blob/master/src/main/java/org/gbif/common/parsers/geospatial/CoordinateParseUtils.java
and
https://github.com/Canadensys/narwhal-processor/blob/master/src/main/java/net/canadensys/processor/geography/DegreeMinuteToDecimalProcessor.java

...then we can clearly see unnecessary duplication.  Narwhal depends on parsers already and is pretty much API compatible.

Propose we merge Narwal into GBIF parsers with Christian as a committer so it is done in a way all are happy with.  API changes can then be discussed.

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