RadarServer: Convert station info to float (Fixes #46)

Elev, lon, lat should always be float.
Unidata · Jul 15, 2015 · f195db7 · f195db7
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diff --git a/siphon/radarserver.py b/siphon/radarserver.py
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ def parse_xml_station(elem):
     r'Create a ``Station`` instance from an XML tag'
     stid = elem.attrib['id']
     name = elem.find('name').text
-    lat = elem.find('latitude').text
-    lon = elem.find('longitude').text
-    elev = elem.find('elevation').text
+    lat = float(elem.find('latitude').text)
+    lon = float(elem.find('longitude').text)
+    elev = float(elem.find('elevation').text)
     return Station(id=stid, elevation=elev, latitude=lat, longitude=lon, name=name)
diff --git a/siphon/tests/test_radarsever.py b/siphon/tests/test_radarsever.py
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ def setup(self):
     def test_stations(self):
         assert 'KFTG' in self.client.stations
 
+    def test_float_attrs(self):
+        stn = self.client.stations['KFTG']
+        eq_(stn.elevation, 1675.0)
+        eq_(stn.latitude, 39.78)
+        eq_(stn.longitude, -104.53)
+
     def test_metadata(self):
         assert 'Reflectivity' in self.client.variables