def right_zero_pad(val, length=8):
    """ Right-zero-pad short-form angle strings with zeros.
		This reduces amount of error checking required, and makes decimal conversions more consistent
		This will also make the IOD/UK/RDE angle lengths uniform (UK/RDE adds one more digit of precision on the right)
	"""
    val = val.rstrip()
    zpadval = val + '0' * (length - len(val))
    return zpadval
