Longitude and Latitude help

[steve_bham]

Im trying to find my long and lat for the site i use out in the countryside. ive cam across this:

Latitude = 52.7330, Longitude = -2.7136

Lat = 52 degrees, 44.0 minutes North

Long = 2 degrees, 42.8 minutes West

For the goto mount you have to impout it as the last two lines but how do you convert the top line into that format?

[Whippy]

Streetmap does it. When you get your map up, at the bottom of it there's a link that says 'click here to convert coordinates' use that and it'll give you the necessary details.

Tony..

[gataki]

Hi,

Not sure if I have understood the question correctly - but surely you multiply whatever comes after the decimal point by 60 to get the minutes?

For example: 0.7330x60=43.98 which would round to 44 minutes.

Sorry if that's not the question though - I don't understand English very well - but love Maths! And looking at those figures it seems to work?

Liz

[MeerkatinBKK]

60 arc-minutes in a degree, so just times the bit after the decimal point by 60:

.733*60=43.98 (rounded up to 44 in your example)

If you needed the extra accuracy of also entering the arc-seconds (60 of them in a minute of course) you'd do the same thing again using your previous answer:

.98*60=58.8

So the lat above would be:

52 deg 43' 58.8"

Hope that helps,

Nick

Aargh beaten to it!

[astro_dt]

Hi Steve

Try this website Convert Latitude / Longitude in Degrees/Minutes/Seconds to/from Decimal (FCC) USA

Cheers

Danny

[steve_bham]

Thanks for the quick replies, answered my question spot on!

[gataki]

Nick,

Aargh beaten to it!

But your answer was so well explained!

Liz