def _parse_geog_location(geog_location, namespace):
    """returns a dict representation of a geogLocation etree element"""
    return_dict = {'latitude': geog_location.find(namespace + 'latitude').
        text, 'longitude': geog_location.find(namespace + 'longitude').text}
    srs = geog_location.attrib.get('srs')
    if not srs is None:
        return_dict['srs'] = srs
    return return_dict
