The first link pointed to my own question which was not very useful.
But the 2nd link did point to an online calculator which after using
was somewhat helpful.
>From what I gathered all I needed to know was to do the following to
do the conversion
from this: "dd.dddddd" to this "dd mm.mmm" all I have to do is
multiply the decimal portion of the first expression by 60 to get the
minutes in a decimal format.
ie 41.87920
1) take interger portion of number and preserve as degrees "DD"
2) take decimal portion of number ".8792"
multiply it by 60 .8792 * 60 = 52.752 as decimal minutes
"mm.mmm"
3) then combine to display the result
"DD mm.mmm" or in this case "41 52.752"
On Jun 4, 1:53 pm, Rossko <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I want to display the map coordinates in Degrees and Decimal Minutes,
> > where can I read about that?
>
> Search this group for 'How to convert from Decimal Degrees to Degrees
> and Decimal
> Minutes'http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api/search?group=google-ma...
> or even a well-known search
> enginehttp://www.google.com/search?q=How+to+convert+from+Decimal+Degrees+to...
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"Google Maps API" group.
To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
[email protected].
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api?hl=en.
