coordinate formats

[+cptravelbug]

Hi, a friend just sent me coordinates for a personal cache in the following version:

 

49 04 632 431

09 13 989 890

 

I have no clue how to work this into another format, e.g.

 

Decimal 49.xxxx 9.xxxx

DDD MM.MMM N 49° 03.xxx E 009° 12.xxx

DDD MM SS.SSS N 49° 3' 52.xxx" E 9° 12' 33.xxx"

 

it doesn't look like any of these, what would you guess it to be?

[+coggins]

it doesn't look like any of these, what would you guess it to be?

I would guess your friend should have let you know.

[+Huntleigh]

Hi, a friend just sent me coordinates for a personal cache in the following version:

 

49 04 632 431

09 13 989 890

 

I have no clue how to work this into another format, e.g.

 

Decimal 49.xxxx 9.xxxx

DDD MM.MMM N 49° 03.xxx E 009° 12.xxx

DDD MM SS.SSS N 49° 3' 52.xxx" E 9° 12' 33.xxx"

 

it doesn't look like any of these, what would you guess it to be?

At a guess, it is a grid format rather than a lat/long. The coordinates are based on a square grid rather than the parallel latitude and non-parallel longitude coordinates.

 

You appear to be a German cacher? I don't know what you use there but here's something from the UK: Ordnance Survey