diff --git a/src/js/templates/metadata/EMLGeoCoverage.html b/src/js/templates/metadata/EMLGeoCoverage.html
index dcfa0f9bd..07587632c 100644
--- a/src/js/templates/metadata/EMLGeoCoverage.html
+++ b/src/js/templates/metadata/EMLGeoCoverage.html
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
 			<div class="row-fluid">
 				<div class="span6">
 					<label class="subtle">Northwest coordinates</label>
-					<input type="text" value="<%=model.north%>" data-attribute="north" class="coord north" placeholder="Lat" pattern = "^-?(90(\.0+)?|[1-8]?\d(\.\d+)?)$" title="Enter a valid latitude (-90 to 90)" />
-					<input type="text" value="<%=model.west%>" data-attribute="west" class="coord west" placeholder="Long" pattern = "^-?(180(\.0+)?|1?[0-7]?\d(\.\d+)?)$" title="Enter a valid longitude (-180 to 180)"/>
+					<input type="text" value="<%=model.north%>" data-attribute="north" class="coord north" placeholder="Lat" title="Enter a valid latitude (-90 to 90)" />
+					<input type="text" value="<%=model.west%>" data-attribute="west" class="coord west" placeholder="Long" title="Enter a valid longitude (-180 to 180)"/>
 				</div>
 				<div class="span6">
 					<label class="subtle">Southeast coordinates</label>
-					<input type="text" value="<%=model.south%>" data-attribute="south" class="coord south" placeholder="Lat" pattern = "^-?(90(\.0+)?|[1-8]?\d(\.\d+)?)$" title="Enter a valid latitude (-90 to 90)"/>
-					<input type="text" value="<%=model.east%>" data-attribute="east" class="coord east" placeholder="Long"  pattern = "^-?(180(\.0+)?|1?[0-7]?\d(\.\d+)?)$" title="Enter a valid longitude (-180 to 180)"/>
+					<input type="text" value="<%=model.south%>" data-attribute="south" class="coord south" placeholder="Lat" title="Enter a valid latitude (-90 to 90)"/>
+					<input type="text" value="<%=model.east%>" data-attribute="east" class="coord east" placeholder="Long" title="Enter a valid longitude (-180 to 180)"/>
 				</div>
 			</div>
 		</div>