Works on the same principle as "60 seconds = 1 minute and 60 minutes = 1 hour (or degree in this case)...
So for example: 2 degrees, 45 Minutes and 20 seconds is worked as follows:
Now, 20 seconds = 0.33 minutes (i.e. 20/60); add to 45 minutes to get 45.33 minutes..
45.33 minutes = 45.33/60 degrees = 0.7555 degrees.
Therefore, final answer is 2 + 0.7555 = 2.7555 degrees....
Hope this helps!!
To convert DMS (Degrees, Minutes, Seconds) notation to decimal degrees, use the formula: Decimal Degrees = Degrees + (Minutes/60) + (Seconds/3600). For example, if you have 30° 15' 30", you would calculate it as 30 + (15/60) + (30/3600) = 30.2583°. Always ensure to keep track of the direction (N, S, E, W) when determining the sign of the decimal degree result.
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There are sixty minutes in a degree - so to convert degrees to minutes, you multiply by 60 !
1 degree = 60 minutes 1 minute = 60 seconds 1 degree = 3,600 seconds
I assume you mean you have a latitude of d degrees, m minutes and s seconds that you want as a decimal number. The minutes and seconds are just like time: 1 minute (of arc) = 60 seconds (of arc) 1 degree (of arc) = 60 minutes (of arc) = 60 × 60 seconds (of arc) = 3600 seconds (of arc) → to convert d° m' s" to decimal add: d + m/60 + s/3600 Degrees latitude North are positive, whereas South are negative. eg 52° 6' 15" N is 52 + 6/60 + 15/3600 = 52 + 0.1 + 0.0041666... = 52.1041666...° ≈ 52.1042° eg 47° 12' 40" S is -(47 + 12/60 + 40/3600) = -(47 + 0.2 + 0.0111...) = -47.2111...° ≈ -47.2111°
Some scientific caculators can convert degrees minutes and seconds into decimal degrees and vice versa as for example 60045'18'' = 60.755
You multiply by 60 to have it in minutes. If you have another decimal part, you multiply it by 60 to have it in seconds. Example: If you have 10.33°, then it is the same as 10°19.8', who is the same by the way as 10°19'48''.
Each degree is equal to 60 minutes, each minute is equal to 60 seconds; to convert seconds to minutes, divide the seconds by 60 and add to the minutes. Ex. (Assume the asterisk (*) is a degree sign) 51* 43' 20" 51* + 43' + (20/60)' 51* + 43' + (1/3)' Answer: 51* 43 (1/3)' Hopefully this is answering the question you had. If you want to convert Minutes and seconds into decimal degrees, use either formula below: ((Seconds/60) + Minutes)/60 + Degrees or Degrees + (Minutes/60) + (seconds/3600)
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It's a method of measuring angles other than the more mainstream, simpler format. First you write the degree with the degree symbol, then you write the amount of minutes, which are 1/60 of a degree, and finally you write the seconds, which are 1/60 of minutes and therefore 1/3600 of a degree. It can be tricky to convert, but you should be able to do it back and forth with a graphing calculator.
There are 60 minutes in a degree and 60 seconds in a minute, so a degree has 3600 seconds. These are arc minutes and seconds, no relation to time measurements. A circle has 360 degrees.
The latitude and longitude are input in degrees, so you might need to convert to degrees from degrees:minutes:seconds. There are 60 seconds in 1 minute and 60 minutes in 1 degree. So, for example: 65:45:36 south latitude converts to -(65 degrees + (45 minutes * (1 degree/60 minutes)) + (36 seconds * (1 minute/60 seconds) * (1 degree/60 minutes))) = -65.76 degrees latitude
It's a method of measuring angles other than the more mainstream, simpler format. First you write the degree with the degree symbol, then you write the amount of minutes, which are 1/60 of a degree, and finally you write the seconds, which are 1/60 of minutes and therefore 1/3600 of a degree. It can be tricky to convert, but you should be able to do it back and forth with a graphing calculator.
There are sixty minutes in a degree - so to convert degrees to minutes, you multiply by 60 !
There \re 60 minutes in 1 degree Hence 38/60 = 0.6333.... degrees Add 22 degrees Becomes 22.06333.... degrees.
12 degrees. There are 60 mins in a degree, so 0.65*60 is 39 mins 12 degrees, 39 minutes.
The division of latitude and longitude degrees into "minutes" (1/60 degree) and "seconds" (1/60 minute or 1/3600 degree) was a non-decimal attempt to further refine positions. The variations are expressed as minutes and seconds of arc on the Earth's 360° sphere. At the equator, one minute is approximately one nautical mile. The use of minutes and seconds has given way to decimal degrees, which are more easily compared and calculated. Example : 1° 15' of latitude can be expressed as 1.25 ° (decimal for 15/60).