Coordinate Conversions

[+R&R Wanderers]

Can anyone help with converting decimal coordinates to deg/min/sec? I have coords of: N44.42305 / W88.92467 and want to convert them to deg/min/sec. Is there a site or book that I can use to get the needed formulas?

 

Thanks for the help.

[+GeoCraig]

44 25' 23" 88 55' 29"

 

Multiply the digits after the decimal by 60 to get the minutes. If you want seconds, multiple the digits after the decimal of that answer to get seconds.

 

N44.42305 / W88.92467

0.42305 25.383 22.98

0.92467 55.4802 28.812

[+Kewaneh & Shark]

Try this site. It's been helpful to me.

[+Hard Oiler]

GeoCalc from Fizzymagic is one of the most useful geocaching utilities I have on my PC. Very simple for doing coordinate conversions and copying and pasting into the application (like Streets and Trips that uses DD.DDDDD not DD MM.MMM.)

[+ShaneN4Girls]

I always use jeeep.com for quick coversions. If you have MS Excel, and want to do a lot of conversions at once, check out Waypoint Workbench. To use it, convert your .gpx files over to .csv, then import them into the program.

[+R&R Wanderers]

Thanks for all the help in converting decimal coordinates. I used directionsmag.com/latlong.asp - it did the converting as I typed in the digits. I then redid the calculations by multiplying the digits by 60 and came out with the exact coords. I'm learning all the time. :-)

 

http://neilm.com/whitejeep/convert.mv was also helpful.

[+IV_Warrior]

Let your GPS do the work for you?

 

With mine, I can change between various formats, and the coords on the waypoints update to the currently selected format.....makes converting coords a lot simpler, especially if you already have them stored in the GPS as a waypoint.