Mapping Hacks

I just got an email from someone wanting to know how to convert from degrees-minutes-seconds to decimal degrees.  There are calculators online to do that, and we wrote about how to do it in Mapping Hacks, but you can also use Google Maps:

Example, enter this as your location:
38 54′ 4.35″ N, 76 42′ 45.22″ W

The result is a marker box which includes the coordinates in decimal degrees.

38.901208, -76.712561
You don’t need the degree symbol, but it works if you have it.

It works the other way as well.  Enter ‘38.901208, -76.712561′ in the location box and the info box will show you degrees-minutes-seconds.

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