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Convert Latitude and Longitude

As a pilot, I frequently need to convert latitude and longitude coordinates from one system to another.  The aircraft GPS accepts coordinates in degrees, minutes and seconds form.  However, various pieces of software I get decimal degress such as 47.48781 North and 122.17476 West.

I found a quick way on the web to convert them at http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/DDDMMSS-decimal.html

The result is:

47° 29' 16.1161" Latitude
122° 10' 29.1360" Longitude

For this example, I choose an interesting place.  Can anyone tell me what is located there?

Posted: Aug 18 2004, 08:27 AM by ChuckOp | with 4 comment(s)
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Phil said:

Aha! The TOPO! package I got to produce hiking maps just showed a point on the western edge of Greenwood Cemetery in Renton, WA. MSN Maps (mappoint.msn.com) was more useful - that's where Jimi Hendrix is buried.
# August 18, 2004 11:57 AM

Martin said:

Well, if you add a "-" or "W" to the longitude, it looks like Jimi Hendrix Grave Site at Greenwood Memorial Park in Renton, WA. Otherwise its somwhere in the far eastern outback of sibiria ..

I used http://www.terraserver.com to find an aerial photo, http://www.globexplorer.com to zoom in further on the aerial photo, and http://www.mappoint.com to zoom in even further on the street map.

I live pretty close to N 48.99293, E 8.584236 - can you tell me what is located there ?
# August 18, 2004 12:42 PM

Gary said:

I used Mapquest and it pointed me to Greenwood Memorial Park.

FYI - Mapquest can use decimal or degrees,minutes,seconds to find any lat/lon
# August 18, 2004 1:39 PM

Joe Schmitt said:

Thanks for the link to the site. I have this site: http://jeeep.com/details/coord/ that allows you to convert datums as well as format. It also converts to UTM. Great blog.
# August 18, 2004 6:37 PM
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