diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WCSCapabilities/v1_0_0.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WCSCapabilities/v1_0_0.js
index efc02fe088..017a6fec41 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WCSCapabilities/v1_0_0.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WCSCapabilities/v1_0_0.js
@@ -147,51 +147,27 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WCSCapabilities.v1_0_0 = OpenLayers.Class(
             "label": function(node, coverageOfferingBrief) {
                 coverageOfferingBrief.label = this.getChildValue(node);
             },
+            // "lonLatEnvelope": function(node, coverageOfferingBrief) {
+            //     debugger
+            //     var bbox = OpenLayers.Format.GML.v3.prototype.readers["gml"].pos.apply(this, [node, coverageOfferingBrief]);
+            //     bbox.srs  = node.getAttribute("srsName");
+            //     coverageOfferingBrief.lonLatEnvelope[bbox.srs] = bbox;
+            // },
             "lonLatEnvelope": function(node, coverageOfferingBrief) {
-
-               // Look for <gml:pos>.  Only write the data if everything parsed neatly.
-               // This works well for the data samples I have access to, but may need to be generalized to cover other possible use cases.
                 var nodeList = this.getElementsByTagNameNS(node, "http://www.opengis.net/gml", "pos");
 
                 // We expect two nodes here, to create the corners of a bounding box
                 if(nodeList.length == 2) {
-                    var min = {}, 
-                        max = {};
+                    var min = {};
+                    var max = {};
 
-                    var ok = true;
+                    OpenLayers.Format.GML.v3.prototype.readers["gml"].pos.apply(this, [nodeList[0], min]);
+                    OpenLayers.Format.GML.v3.prototype.readers["gml"].pos.apply(this, [nodeList[1], max]);
 
-                    // min    
-                    var coordString = nodeList[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
-
-                    coordString = coordString.replace(this.regExes.trimSpace, "");
-                    var coords = coordString.split(this.regExes.splitSpace);
-
-                    if(coords.length == 2) {
-                        min.lon = coords[0];
-                        min.lat = coords[1];
-                    } else {
-                        ok = false;
-                    }
-
-                    // max
-                    var coordString = nodeList[1].firstChild.nodeValue;
-
-                    coordString = coordString.replace(this.regExes.trimSpace, "");
-                    var coords = coordString.split(this.regExes.splitSpace);
-
-                    if(coords.length == 2) {
-                        max.lon = coords[0];
-                        max.lat = coords[1];
-                    } else {
-                        ok = false;
-                    }
-
-                    if(ok) {
-                        coverageOfferingBrief.lonLatEnvelope = {};
-                        coverageOfferingBrief.lonLatEnvelope.srsName = node.getAttribute("srsName");
-                        coverageOfferingBrief.lonLatEnvelope.min = min;
-                        coverageOfferingBrief.lonLatEnvelope.max = max;
-                    }
+                    coverageOfferingBrief.lonLatEnvelope = {};
+                    coverageOfferingBrief.lonLatEnvelope.srsName = node.getAttribute("srsName");
+                    coverageOfferingBrief.lonLatEnvelope.min = min.points[0];
+                    coverageOfferingBrief.lonLatEnvelope.max = max.points[0];
                 }
             },
         }, OpenLayers.Format.WCSCapabilities.v1.prototype.readers["wcs"])
diff --git a/tests/Format/WCSCapabilities/v1.html b/tests/Format/WCSCapabilities/v1.html
index c38dd7256b..4a713cd491 100644
--- a/tests/Format/WCSCapabilities/v1.html
+++ b/tests/Format/WCSCapabilities/v1.html
@@ -51,12 +51,13 @@
         t.eq(responsibleParty.contactInfo.phone.voice, "6463320", "Service>responsibleParty>ContactInfo>Phone>Voice correctly parsed");
 
         var metadata = res.contentMetadata[0];
+
         t.eq(metadata.name, "ro_dsm", "ContentMetadata>Name correctly parsed");
         t.eq(metadata.label, "Rotterdam DSM", "ContentMetadata>Label correctly parsed");
-        t.eq(metadata.lonLatEnvelope.min.lat, "51.515151", "ContentMetadata>lonLatEnvelope>Min>Lat correctly parsed");
-        t.eq(metadata.lonLatEnvelope.min.lon, "4.44444", "ContentMetadata>lonLatEnvelope>Min>Lon correctly parsed");
-        t.eq(metadata.lonLatEnvelope.max.lat, "52.525252", "ContentMetadata>lonLatEnvelope>Max>Lat correctly parsed");
-        t.eq(metadata.lonLatEnvelope.max.lon, "5.55555", "ContentMetadata>lonLatEnvelope>Max>Lon correctly parsed");
+        t.eq(metadata.lonLatEnvelope.min.x, 51.515151, "ContentMetadata>lonLatEnvelope>Min>Lat correctly parsed");
+        t.eq(metadata.lonLatEnvelope.min.y, 4.44444, "ContentMetadata>lonLatEnvelope>Min>Lon correctly parsed");
+        t.eq(metadata.lonLatEnvelope.max.x, 52.525252, "ContentMetadata>lonLatEnvelope>Max>Lat correctly parsed");
+        t.eq(metadata.lonLatEnvelope.max.y, 5.55555, "ContentMetadata>lonLatEnvelope>Max>Lon correctly parsed");
         t.eq(metadata.lonLatEnvelope.srsName, "urn:ogc:def:crs:OGC:1.3:CRS84", "ContentMetadata>lonLatEnvelope>SrsName correctly parsed");
         t.eq(res.contentMetadata.length, 4, "Correct number of metadata records found");