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Coordinates
Posted by:
Bill Woods
()
Date: June 01, 2009 02:57PM
Hi. You've got coordinates in the form
"51.29N, 02.38E" [www.uboat.net]
This looks like they're decimal degrees:
51.29°N, 02.38°E.
But the fractions don't seem to exceed .59, so I suspect I should read them as degrees & minutes:
51°29?N, 02°38?E (51.48333°N 2.63333°E).
Is this correct?
"51.29N, 02.38E" [www.uboat.net]
This looks like they're decimal degrees:
51.29°N, 02.38°E.
But the fractions don't seem to exceed .59, so I suspect I should read them as degrees & minutes:
51°29?N, 02°38?E (51.48333°N 2.63333°E).
Is this correct?
Subject | Written By | Posted |
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Coordinates | Bill Woods | 06/01/2009 02:57PM |
Re: Coordinates | Rainer | 06/01/2009 03:22PM |
Re: Coordinates | Bill Woods | 06/01/2009 04:21PM |
Coordinates | MPC | 06/01/2009 06:37PM |