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Article ID: 244951 - View products that this article applies to. This article was previously published under Q244951 SUMMARY To find a location on a map by using the latitude and
longitude of that location, enter the coordinates in decimal degrees.
If the coordinates that you want to enter are in degrees and minutes, convert the number of minutes to a decimal value. MORE INFORMATION To convert the number of minutes to a decimal value, use
the following formula: Decimal value = Minutes/60 As an example, a latitude of 122
degrees 45 minutes North is equal to 122.75 degrees North.REFERENCES A tool that you can use to convert coordinates from
degrees, minutes, and seconds to decimal degrees is available at the following
U.S. Government Web site: http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/DDDMMSS-decimal.html To convert Seconds to decimals, divide by 3600.
(http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/DDDMMSS-decimal.html)
Decimal value = Seconds/3600 As an example, a latitude of 122 degrees 45 minutes 45 seconds
North is equal to 122.7625 degrees North. So the complete formula looks similar the following:
Decimal value = Degrees + (Minutes/60) + (Seconds/3600) PropertiesArticle ID: 244951 - Last Review: April 15, 2008 - Revision: 6.2 APPLIES TO
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