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Converting co-ordinates (was Re: [canberrabirds] Bluetts again)

To: Canberra Birds <>
Subject: Converting co-ordinates (was Re: [canberrabirds] Bluetts again)
From: John Leonard <>
Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 16:48:24 +1000
Thanks Paul and David

There are dozens of online calculators that I found, 

eg


I couldn't use the program you suggested, David, as I am a Mac user.

cheers

John L

On 12 May 2012 14:18, Paul Taylor <> wrote:
> According to the pin I put down in Maps on my IpHone this was at 35.303079
> 149.005521. Does anyone know how to covert these decimal coordinates to
> minutes and seconds?

Multiply the fractional part by 60.  e.g.
35.303079 degrees = 35 degrees, .303079*60 minutes
                                   = 35 degrees, 18.18474 minutes
                                   = 35 degrees, 18 minutes, .18474*60 seconds
                                   = 35 degrees, 18 minutes, 11.0844 seconds

149.005521 degrees = 149 degrees, 0 minutes, 19.8756 seconds

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