Re: [at-l] It was SO obvious!

[bullard@northnet.org]

At 03:55 PM 7/2/99 -0400, Sam Teel wrote:
>Now why did I pester the list members asking a question with such an OBVIOUS
>answer.  If I had just thought for a minute or a second (easy for me to
say) I
>would have known all I had to do was:
>
>Take the decimal longitude or latitude
>Remove the digits to the left of the decimal
>Multiply the digits to the right by 60
>Remove the digits to the left of the decimal of that number and store it
>somewhere
>Multiply the digits to the right of the number I stored somewhere, by 60
>Round that number to the nearest 10th
>Take the first number that I removed and call that the degrees
>Take the number I stored somewhere and call that the minutes
>Take the number I rounded and call that the seconds
>
Now I know why I prefer a map and compass.

Saunterer
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