Here are some examples of lats/longs in both DMS and DEC format. DMS DEC Comments ----------- --------- ------------------------------------------- 32d 00m 00s 32.000000 Whole full degree of lat/long 32d 00m 01s 32.000022 Just over a whole degree of lat/long 32d 15m 00s 32.250000 One-quarter (25%) of a full degree of lat/long 32d 30m 00s 32.500000 Half (50%) of a full degree of lat/long 32d 45m 00s 32.750000 Three-quarters (75%) of a full degree of lat/long 32d 59m 59s 32.999988 Almost a whole degree of lat/long 33d 00m 00s 33.000000 Next whole full degree of lat/long
So a DEC-formatted lat/long of say 35.234085, is 35 whole degrees plus an extra 23.4085% of a degree, Or 35 whole degree plus 14 minutes and 2.706 seconds. Or 35d 14m 3s Hope this helps. Garry Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
