Certainly, but who wants to have to do that all the time ? And let's face
it, a normal DMS ( WGS84) system seems to prove complex enough for some of
our , let's say more senior , birding fraternity without the added procedure
of multiplying each decimal step by 60 to get back to DMS which people
understand and can relate to on their hard copy topo maps.
Tony
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Bob Green
Sent: Tuesday, 11 May 2010 8:06 PM
To: Birding Aus
Subject: RE: Decimal Vs Sexagesimal Notation
Hi Geoff
Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't a conversion from decimal degrees to true
degrees as simple as multiplying the decimal figure by 60?
eg 141.5 deg becomes 141 deg (.5X60=30) so 30 minutes and this of course
carries on into the seconds as well.
Bob Green
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