diff --git a/search/latlon_match.cpp b/search/latlon_match.cpp
index 8708a54f26..3fa2a5176b 100644
--- a/search/latlon_match.cpp
+++ b/search/latlon_match.cpp
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 #include "latlon_match.hpp"
 
-#include "../indexer/mercator.hpp"
-
 #include "../base/macros.hpp"
 
 #include "../std/array.hpp"
 #include "../std/cmath.hpp"
 #include "../std/cstdlib.hpp"
 #include "../std/cstring.hpp"
+#include "../std/algorithm.hpp"
+#include "../std/utility.hpp"
+
 
 namespace search
 {
@@ -161,10 +162,10 @@ bool MatchLatLonDegree(string const & query, double & lat, double & lon)
     double const x = strtod(s, &s2);
     if (s == s2)
     {
-      // Invalid token
+      // invalid token
       if (s == s1)
       {
-        // Return error if there are no any delimiters
+        // Return error if there are no any delimiters.
         return false;
       }
       else
@@ -177,26 +178,36 @@ bool MatchLatLonDegree(string const & query, double & lat, double & lon)
     s = s2;
     SkipSpaces(s);
 
-    int const i = GetDMSIndex(s);
-    switch (i)
+    int i = GetDMSIndex(s);
+    if (i == -1)
     {
-    case -1:  // expect valid control symbol
-      return false;
+      if (v[base].second && v[base + 1].second && !v[base + 2].second)
+      {
+        // assume seconds if degrees and minutes are present
+        i = 2;
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        // assume degrees by default
+        i = 0;
+      }
+    }
 
-    case 0:   // degree
+    if (i == 0) // degrees
+    {
       if (v[base].second)
       {
         if (base == 0)
           base += 3;
         else
         {
-          // repeated value
+          // too many degree values
           return false;
         }
       }
-      break;
-
-    default:  // minutes or seconds
+    }
+    else        // minutes or seconds
+    {
       if (x < 0.0 || v[base + i].second || !v[base].second)
         return false;
     }
@@ -230,10 +241,18 @@ bool MatchLatLonDegree(string const & query, double & lat, double & lon)
   if (arrPos[1]) lat = -lat;
   if (arrPos[3]) lon = -lon;
 
-  if (lon > 180.0) lon -= 360.0;
-  if (lon < -180.0) lon += 360.0;
+  // Valid input ranges for longitude are: [0, 360] or [-180, 180].
+  // We do normilize it to [-180, 180].
+  if (lon > 180.0)
+  {
+    if (lon > 360.0)
+      return false;
+    lon -= 360.0;
+  }
+  else if (lon < -180.0)
+    return false;
 
-  return MercatorBounds::ValidLat(lat) && MercatorBounds::ValidLon(lon);
+  return (fabs(lat) <= 90.0);
 }
 
 } // search
diff --git a/search/latlon_match.hpp b/search/latlon_match.hpp
index c62bc424b4..122b8b9fb5 100644
--- a/search/latlon_match.hpp
+++ b/search/latlon_match.hpp
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 #pragma once
-#include "../base/base.hpp"
 #include "../std/string.hpp"
 
+
 namespace search
 {
 
-// Check if query can be represented as '(lat, lon)'.
+/// Check if query can be represented as '(lat, lon)'.
+/// @deprecated Use MatchLatLonDegree instead.
 bool MatchLatLon(string const & query, double & lat, double & lon,
                  double & precisionLat, double & precisionLon);
 
+/// Parse input query for most input coordinates cases.
 bool MatchLatLonDegree(string const & query, double & lat, double & lon);
 
 }  // namespace search
diff --git a/search/search_query.cpp b/search/search_query.cpp
index 2d8a7f44a1..3b41022450 100644
--- a/search/search_query.cpp
+++ b/search/search_query.cpp
@@ -321,9 +321,8 @@ void Query::SetQuery(string const & query)
 
 void Query::SearchCoordinates(string const & query, Results & res) const
 {
-  double lat, lon, latPrec, lonPrec;
-  if (MatchLatLon(query, lat, lon, latPrec, lonPrec) ||
-      MatchLatLonDegree(query, lat, lon))
+  double lat, lon;
+  if (MatchLatLonDegree(query, lat, lon))
   {
     //double const precision = 5.0 * max(0.0001, min(latPrec, lonPrec));  // Min 55 meters
     res.AddResult(MakeResult(impl::PreResult2(GetViewport(), m_position, lat, lon)));
diff --git a/search/search_tests/latlon_match_test.cpp b/search/search_tests/latlon_match_test.cpp
index 848eef6491..dbd4467ded 100644
--- a/search/search_tests/latlon_match_test.cpp
+++ b/search/search_tests/latlon_match_test.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ pair<pair<double, double>, pair<double, double> > TestLatLonMatchSuccessful(stri
   double precLat = -3503;
   double precLon = -3504;
   TEST(search::MatchLatLon(s, lat, lon, precLat, precLon), (s, lat, lon, precLat, precLon));
+
+  double lat1, lon1;
+  TEST(search::MatchLatLonDegree(s, lat1, lon1), (s));
+  TEST_ALMOST_EQUAL(lat, lat1, ());
+  TEST_ALMOST_EQUAL(lon, lon1, ());
+
   return make_pair(make_pair(lat, lon), make_pair(precLat, precLon));
 }
 
@@ -27,11 +33,14 @@ void TestLatLonFailed(string const & s)
   double lon = -3502;
   double latPrec = -3503;
   double lonPrec = -3504;
+
   TEST(!search::MatchLatLon(s, lat, lon, latPrec, lonPrec), (s, lat, lon, latPrec, lonPrec));
   TEST_EQUAL(lat, -3501, ());
   TEST_EQUAL(lon, -3502, ());
   TEST_EQUAL(latPrec, -3503, ());
   TEST_EQUAL(lonPrec, -3504, ());
+
+  TEST(!search::MatchLatLonDegree(s, lat, lon), (s));
 }
 
 }  // unnamed namespace
@@ -124,4 +133,12 @@ UNIT_TEST(LatLon_Degree_Match)
 
   TEST(!MatchLatLonDegree("55°45′20.9916″W 37°37′3.6228″E", lat, lon), ());
   TEST(!MatchLatLonDegree("N55°45′20.9916″ S37°37′3.6228″", lat, lon), ());
+
+  TEST(MatchLatLonDegree("54° 25' 0N 1° 53' 46W", lat, lon), ());
+  TEST_ALMOST_EQUAL(lat, 54.41666666666667, ());
+  TEST_ALMOST_EQUAL(lon, -1.89611111111111, ());
+
+  TEST(MatchLatLonDegree("47.33471°N 8.53112°E", lat, lon), ());
+  TEST_ALMOST_EQUAL(lat, 47.33471, ());
+  TEST_ALMOST_EQUAL(lon, 8.53112, ());
 }