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Two Methods:Decimal form to Degrees and MinutesDecimal Form to Degree, Minutes, and Seconds

Do you own a FREE copy of Google Earth? Have you ever noticed the form they use for tracking your location on a map? They use decimal form? So you can better reorient yourself when using a map using this coordinate, you'll need to convert it. This article will explain to you how to convert this coordinate, so you can better find yourself.

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  1. Convert Latitude and Longitude Units from Decimal Form to Degrees Step 1.jpg
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    Grab your problematic degrees problem.
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  2. Convert Latitude and Longitude Units from Decimal Form to Degrees Step 2.jpg
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    Write down the degree portion on one side of the paper. This will stay the same no matter what part you obtain at the end.

EditMethod 1 of 2: Decimal form to Degrees and Minutes

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    Obtain and multiply the decimal form of the decimal form to the right of the calculation measurement by 60. If the item is located at 30.08833, you can rest assured that the degrees will always be the same (to the left of the decimal point).
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    Write down the answer you obtain. This will become your minutes portion.
    • Be sure to include your units, which, as the answer to this problem signifies, should be degrees and minutes, and, if this problem is a vector, display it's direction in which the item is pointing at.

EditMethod 2 of 2: Decimal Form to Degree, Minutes, and Seconds

  1. Convert Latitude and Longitude Units from Decimal Form to Degrees Step 5.jpg
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    Continue from where the top portion left off (if you'd like to go even further out with your calculations). Look at the new displayed decimal portion to the right of the calculated value that you obtained from converting the decimal into minutes.
  2. Convert Latitude and Longitude Units from Decimal Form to Degrees Step 6.jpg
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    Multiply the decimal part of the minutes portion you obtained above by 60.
  3. Convert Latitude and Longitude Units from Decimal Form to Degrees Step 7.jpg
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    Write down this number to the right of the minutes portion. This answer will have become the seconds. This may even become a decimal itself, but it will be far closer to a real number than what the decimal form showed us.
    • Be sure to include your units, which for this problem, should then be in degrees, minutes and seconds. If this object is a vector, include the direction.
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  • This article should be helpful when trying to convert the degrees a location is, when using Google Earth or some other visual map program that has these units, and trying to pinpoint this location on a map of another form.

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