def floatify_latlng(input_value):
    """
    Work around a JSON dict with string, not float, lat/lngs.

    Given anything (list/dict/etc) it will return that thing again, *but* any
    dict (at any level) that has only 2 elements lat & lng, will be replaced
    with the lat & lng turned into floats.

    If the API returns the lat/lng as strings, and not numbers, then this
    function will 'clean them up' to be floats.
    """
    if isinstance(input_value, collections.Mapping):
        if len(input_value) == 2 and sorted(input_value.keys()) == ['lat', 'lng']:
            # This dict has only 2 keys 'lat' & 'lon'
            return {'lat': float_if_float(input_value["lat"]), 'lng': float_if_float(input_value["lng"])}
        else:
            return dict((key, floatify_latlng(value)) for key, value in input_value.items())
    elif isinstance(input_value, collections.MutableSequence):
        return [floatify_latlng(x) for x in input_value]
    else:
        return input_value
Work around a JSON dict with string, not float, lat/lngs.

    Given anything (list/dict/etc) it will return that thing again, *but* any
    dict (at any level) that has only 2 elements lat & lng, will be replaced
    with the lat & lng turned into floats.

    If the API returns the lat/lng as strings, and not numbers, then this
    function will 'clean them up' to be floats.