Re: Lat-Lon Mins to dec


"Julian Macassey" <julian@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 04 May 2005 14:18:56 -0700, Peter <prathman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Julian Macassey wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Is there a table, programme or such to convert those
>>> numbers to Degs, Mins, Decimal?
>>>
>>> That way, I could easily poke Google map references
>>> into my Magellan GPS.
>>
>> Either switch your Magellan to display coordinates in degrees
>> (HDDD.ddddd°) or multiply the decimal part of the degrees by 60; i.e.
>> 33.944351° = 33° 56.661'.
>>

Have we gone downhill that far in math that this isn't obvious?


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