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Amgine · 01-02-2007, 07:37

1 degree = 60 minutes = 3600 seconds

Thus

d + (m / 60) + (s / 3600) = decimal degrees

or any other form of playing with it. To get decimal minutes

m + (s / 60) = decimal minutes

01-02-2007, 07:37	#5
Amgine Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Vancouver BC Posts: 1,256	conversions 1 degree = 60 minutes = 3600 seconds Thus d + (m / 60) + (s / 3600) = decimal degrees or any other form of playing with it. To get decimal minutes m + (s / 60) = decimal minutes __________________ Amgine Blog On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog anchored in a coral atoll.