[WSWSS] lat/ long converter program?

[Jim.Walls@sce.com]

Glenn - KE6HPZ asked:
> Does anyone have, or know of a program that converts Lat/long format
degrees, mins, decimal mins ormat(DDD,MMM.MMM) to degrees, mins, secs
format (DDD, MMM, SSS).  I have a maping program that only gives me deg,
mins, decimal mins format, and other programs that can only deal with deg,
mins, secs format.

All you need is a calculator.  Multiply the decimal degrees by 0.60 to get
the seconds.  For example, 117:51.18 becomes 117:51:10  Actually unless you
need absolute accuracy, you can easily do it in your head and get it close
enough.  For example, each tenth of a minute is 6 seconds.  Using the
example above, 51.18 is pretty close to 51.2 minutes so it's pretty close
to 51 minutes 12 seconds.  That will get you within 3 seconds at the worst.

Yes, it's annoying that Street Atlas only displays decimal minutes.

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