Question

for example, i have this GPS Location: DECIMAL 39.48235 -0.38792

and i need to transform it to DDD MM.MMM N 39° 28.941 W 000° 23.275

How to do it? I need to know necause i need to transform another GPS locations from DECIMAL to DDD MM.MMM

Thanks

Answer 1

There is a pretty straight forward guide to it on wikipedia.

But the base of the calculation is like this:

Decimal input: 39.48235

Degress: 39 (whole number of the decimal)

Minutes: 28 = 28.941 = 0.48235 * 60 (fraction from the decimal multiplied by 60, and only accept the whole number)

Seconds: 56 = 56.46 = 0.941 * 60 (fraction from minutes multiplied by 60, and rounded)

Depending on the sign of the number and if it is lat or long will produce wheter it is’s NSEW that should be pre/postfixed.

(Assuming you are using Java since your name is prefixed android you could have a look at the following code if needed)