Re: [at-l] GPS and Lats and Long

[Tom Fort <tjfort@netdoor.com>]

yea.

take 35.558588.  that's 35 degrees with .558588 remainder

.558588 x 60 (minutes per degree) = 33.51528 = 33 minutes with .51528
remainder

.51528 x 60 (seconds per minute) = 30.9168 = as far as you can go.

therefore 35.558588 deg = 35 deg   33 min  30.9 sec.

or, if your gps is like mine, just change the setup to display in decimal
degrees; enter the number; then, change setup back to DMS.

t.


Sam Teel wrote:

> Does anyone know how to convert the decimal latituedes and longitudes to
> minutes and seconds?  On MapBlast! it will give a latitude as 35.558588
> and longitude of 82.538407    but I don't know how to program that into
> my borrowed GPS.  btw the above # represent Max Patch.  (Where I'll be
> soon!!)
>
> Sam
> btw2  We are leaving on Sunday so I'll be off the list for a bit over a
> week.  (hide your sorrow, now)
>
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