How to convert latitude/longitude to Double in C#

Question

I have a problem because I have a variable of the type string and I need to convert to the guy double without losing the "dot". Example: string latitude = "-8.709006" when converting is equal to: -8.709006 But so far I’ve done several different tests and nothing.

string latitude = "-8.709006";
double lat = Double.Parse(latitude);
//Mas ele esta me trazendo: -8709006 e nao -8.709006

I’ve done it another way, too, but I don’t get it:

string latitude = "-8.709006";
System.Globalization.CultureInfo cult = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-US");
double lat = double.Parse(latitude, cult);
//Desta vez o resultado foi: -8,709006 e nao -8.709006

As I tried too:

string latitude = "-8.709006";
    double lat = Double.Parse(latitude, System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
    //E o resultado foi: -8,709006 e nao -8.709006

Answer 1

The conversion seems to be working ok. If you show it in a specific format you need to specify this format:

using static System.Console;
using System.Globalization;
                    
public class Program {
    public static void Main() {
        WriteLine(double.Parse("-8.709006", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture).ToString(new CultureInfo("en-US", true)));
    }
}

Behold working in the ideone. And in the .NET Fiddle. Also put on the Github for future reference.