MapForums

the default geodesic system for mappoint 2002 is dd°ddddd - wgs84
how to make it work in dd°mm'ss.ss ??
thanks

Hi,

degree + minute / 60 + seconds / 3600

__________________
rgds, Wilfried Mestdagh
www.mestdagh.biz
MapPoint coding demo
Order MapPoint 2009 with Routing and User Tools Spreadsheet

Thank you very much Wilfried for the formula


Now I've got another problem... I'm not sure about the format of coordinates that I need to convert to dd°ddddd :

the coordinate that I have is :

latitude = 4641.67731N
longitude = 00201.77373E

Does anyone know what is this format ?
To me, I would say :

Latitude: degrees=46 minutes=41 but seconds cannot be 67.731??
Longitude: degrees=02 minutes=01 but secondes cannot be 77.373?


Thank you

Hi,

This looks NMEA 183 format. However then it should be with a comma ',' just before the N or E. it should be:

latitude: ddmm.ffff
longitude: dddmm.ffff

where ffff the minute fractions are. I mean minute is just a float, like this:
5010.1234
is degree 50 latitude
minute: 10.1234

__________________
rgds, Wilfried Mestdagh
www.mestdagh.biz
MapPoint coding demo
Order MapPoint 2009 with Routing and User Tools Spreadsheet

Thanks for your help

So is the formula the same for conversion ? What can I affect to seconds ?

Oupss... I've just understood

formula to convert dd°mmfffff' to dd.dddddd° is the following:
degrees + minutes/60