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How to convert coordinates?

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rapidfox21 rapidfox21 NewcomerOP
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#1 ·
Take these coordinates, for example: 43°31'03.1"N 16°26'13.0"E I need to convert them into decimal format like this: 43.517539, 16.436944
I've checked plenty of converter sites, but I can't figure out how to fill in the fields correctly—specifically what goes into the minutes box.
Here is the link where I'm getting stuck on the input fields.
Anyone willing to walk me through how to do this?
Michelle Bennett5 Michelle Bennett5 Active Member
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#2 ·
Honestly, you don't even need a link for this. A basic calculator on your phone is plenty enough.
degrees° minutes' seconds''
Degrees and minutes are always whole numbers, but seconds can be decimals—could be one decimal place or more.
16°30'25.5''
The minutes sit right between the ° and ' symbols, so that's 30.
You just divide those by 60, take that 0.5, and add it back to the degrees—so 16 plus 0.5 gives you 16.5.
Then you take the seconds—you know, that bit over there, the 25.5—divide it by 3600, and toss that onto your previous total.
16.5 + 0.007083333
It's pretty trivial stuff. Sixth grade math, really.
rapidfox21 rapidfox21 NewcomerOP
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#3 ·
Alright, let's give it a shot then.
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Michelle Bennett5 Michelle Bennett5 Active Member
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#4 ·
Just a random thought, but the circumference of the Earth is 24860 miles, which basically matches a full 360° coordinate circle
A degree has 3600 seconds, so if you want to find out how much distance one single second covers on the surface...
24860 miles/360/3600 -> roughly 31m
Kenneth Cruz67 Kenneth Cruz67 Regular
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#5 ·
Michelle Bennett5 said:Just a random thought, but the circumference of the Earth is 24860 miles, which basically matches a full 360° coordinate circle
A degree has 3600 seconds, so if you want to find out how much distance one single second covers on the surface...
24860 miles/360/3600 -> roughly 31m

along the equator
coppersailor28 coppersailor28 Active Member
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#6 ·
rapidfox21 said:Take these coordinates, for example: 43°31'03.1"N 16°26'13.0"E I need to convert them into decimal format like this: 43.517539, 16.436944
I've checked plenty of converter sites, but I can't figure out how to fill in the fields correctly—specifically what goes into the minutes box.
Here is the link where I'm getting stuck on the input fields.
Anyone willing to walk me through how to do this?

(43.51752778)= 43.517539
16.436944


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If I even understood what you were getting at...
rapidfox21 rapidfox21 NewcomerOP
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#7 ·
That’s exactly it.

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