decimil degrees

[Guest mountainmann]

am i doing the math right44.0161 degerees =34 degrees 8 min 9.45 seconds. when i did the math and got that anwser i was 25 miles northeast of the cords i startedat please help. math not my deal.

 

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[Guest RXQ]

96 sec.

[Guest rediguana]

Hi.

 

Take 12.3456 as an example.

 

1. Subtract the whole part (12). This is the degrees value.

2. Multiply the remainder by 60. 0.3456*60 = 20.736. The whole part is the minutes value (20).

3. Multiply the remainder by 60. 0.736*60 = 44.16. This is the seconds value.

 

So 12.3456 translates to 12d 20m 44.16s.

 

Hope this helps!

 

Cheers Gav

[Guest Markwell]

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44.0161

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Originally posted by rediguana:

Take 12.3456 as an example.

 

2. Multiply the remainder by 60. 0.3456*60 = 20.736. The whole part is the minutes value (20).

3. Multiply the remainder by 60. 0.736*60 = 44.16. This is the seconds value.

 

So 12.3456 translates to 12d 20m 44.16s.

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True, but our standard is degrees and minutes with decimals, not degrees, minutes and seconds. So using your example above, the final answer for Geocaching Purposes would stop after #2: 12° 20.736 - the original coordinates in this post would be 44° 00.966.

 

[This message has been edited by Markwell (edited 19 June 2001).]