The degrees of latitude and longitude lines are broken down into minutes, totaling 60 minutes all together. The simple formatting for pinning latitude and longitude coordinates is in degrees, minutes and seconds. But if you're using a GPS (global positioning system) or GIS (geographic information system) device that accepts only latitude and longitude coordinates in decimal formatting, you can use an online utility to convert them.
Instructions
FCC
1. Convert degree minutes into decimal-based values, using the FCC's online conversion utility (see Resources).
2. Enter your latitude's degree value into the utility's "Enter Degrees Minutes Seconds latitude" field. Type the longitude's value into the "Enter Degrees Minutes Seconds longitude" field.
3. Click on the utility's "Convert to Decimal" button. Your conversion result's will appear in the utility's "Latitude" and "Longitude" fields.
Calculator Cat
4. Convert your degree minutes into decimal-based latitude and longitude coordinates using Calculator Cat's online application (see Resources).
5. Type your latitude's minutes and seconds into the "Degree," "Min" and "Sec" fields under the application's "Latitude" heading. Likewise, type your longitude minutes into the "Degree," "Min" and "Sec" fields beneath the "Longitude" heading.
6. Click on the utility's "Minutes-Seconds to Decimals" button to populate the results into the application's "Latitude" and "Longitude" fields.
North Carolina Geological Survey
7. Use the North Carolina Geological Survey's coordinate converter to generate decimal-based values from your degree minutes (see Resources).
8. Type your latitude degree, minute and second values into the converter's "DMS latitude" field. Type your longitude values into the "DMS longitude" field.
9. Click on the "Convert" button. Your results will be displayed into the cells adjacent to the "DMS Latitude" and "DMS longitude" fields.
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