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		By: John Poole		</title>
		<link>https://gisgeography.com/decimal-degrees-dd-minutes-seconds-dms/#comment-330942</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Poole]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2024 18:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m wrestling with longitude/latitude formats as used by the aviation industry, i.e. pilots.  Your page https://gisgeography.com/decimal-degrees-dd-minutes-seconds-dms/ is helpful.  Yet, I&#039;ve found this resource which I presume is widely used by pilots:  http://www.airnav.com/airport/ksle which displays coordinates in a different syntax:

        RUNWAY 13	  	    
Latitude: 	44-55.012342N	
Longitude: 	123-00.435210W	

AirNav&#039;s syntax looks to be [Degrees]-[Minutes].[Seconds][Bearing Letter] using the dash and period a delimiters followed by a letter.

I submitted AirNav&#039;s coordinates  to https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/dms-decimal parsed as follows:
latitude box 1: 44
latitude box2: 55
latitude box3: 0.01234
longitude box1: -123
longitude box2: 0
longitude box3: 0.43521
and the page calculated:
latitude: 44.91667  and longitude: -123.000121

(The FCC&#039;s site limited the decimal precision, and I found using the decimal results, the runway was in the nearby pond.)

In view of the above, it would be helpful to point out that the syntax for Degrees-Minutes-Seconds can vary and possibly there is no set standard?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m wrestling with longitude/latitude formats as used by the aviation industry, i.e. pilots.  Your page <a href="https://gisgeography.com/decimal-degrees-dd-minutes-seconds-dms/" rel="ugc">https://gisgeography.com/decimal-degrees-dd-minutes-seconds-dms/</a> is helpful.  Yet, I&#8217;ve found this resource which I presume is widely used by pilots:  <a href="http://www.airnav.com/airport/ksle" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.airnav.com/airport/ksle</a> which displays coordinates in a different syntax:</p>
<p>        RUNWAY 13<br />
Latitude: 	44-55.012342N<br />
Longitude: 	123-00.435210W	</p>
<p>AirNav&#8217;s syntax looks to be [Degrees]-[Minutes].[Seconds][Bearing Letter] using the dash and period a delimiters followed by a letter.</p>
<p>I submitted AirNav&#8217;s coordinates  to <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/dms-decimal" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/dms-decimal</a> parsed as follows:<br />
latitude box 1: 44<br />
latitude box2: 55<br />
latitude box3: 0.01234<br />
longitude box1: -123<br />
longitude box2: 0<br />
longitude box3: 0.43521<br />
and the page calculated:<br />
latitude: 44.91667  and longitude: -123.000121</p>
<p>(The FCC&#8217;s site limited the decimal precision, and I found using the decimal results, the runway was in the nearby pond.)</p>
<p>In view of the above, it would be helpful to point out that the syntax for Degrees-Minutes-Seconds can vary and possibly there is no set standard?</p>
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		By: GISGeography		</title>
		<link>https://gisgeography.com/decimal-degrees-dd-minutes-seconds-dms/#comment-308192</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[GISGeography]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2023 12:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://gisgeography.com/decimal-degrees-dd-minutes-seconds-dms/#comment-308174&quot;&gt;Robert C&lt;/a&gt;.

I&#039;ve never heard anyone doing that... But here&#039;s one way:

You can go to Google Maps. Zoom into your address and right-click on the map. You&#039;ll see in the pop-up box the decimal degrees of that coordinate.

Copy those coordinates and then go to the FCC converter - https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/dms-decimal

On this page, you&#039;ll want to use the second converter - &quot;Decimal Degrees to Degrees Minutes Seconds&quot;. Paste your coordinates and you&#039;re good to go.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://gisgeography.com/decimal-degrees-dd-minutes-seconds-dms/#comment-308174">Robert C</a>.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve never heard anyone doing that&#8230; But here&#8217;s one way:</p>
<p>You can go to Google Maps. Zoom into your address and right-click on the map. You&#8217;ll see in the pop-up box the decimal degrees of that coordinate.</p>
<p>Copy those coordinates and then go to the FCC converter &#8211; <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/dms-decimal" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/dms-decimal</a></p>
<p>On this page, you&#8217;ll want to use the second converter &#8211; &#8220;Decimal Degrees to Degrees Minutes Seconds&#8221;. Paste your coordinates and you&#8217;re good to go.</p>
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		By: Robert C		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert C]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2023 07:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am trying to get a tatoo of the DMS of an address...How do i go about getting it? its a tatt no room for mistake thank you.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am trying to get a tatoo of the DMS of an address&#8230;How do i go about getting it? its a tatt no room for mistake thank you.</p>
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		By: Dan		</title>
		<link>https://gisgeography.com/decimal-degrees-dd-minutes-seconds-dms/#comment-297109</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2023 04:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This convention seems like an unnecessary complication, without explaining why it is this way, or where the convention comes from.]]></description>
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		By: Ravi Avhale		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ravi Avhale]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2022 03:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Explained very nicely.]]></description>
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		By: Mary Awich		</title>
		<link>https://gisgeography.com/decimal-degrees-dd-minutes-seconds-dms/#comment-266578</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Awich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2022 13:38:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This site helped my student understand why we were learning DMS to begin with, it eliminated the question before they asked &quot;when am I going to use this?&quot; Or &quot;who uses this?&quot;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This site helped my student understand why we were learning DMS to begin with, it eliminated the question before they asked &#8220;when am I going to use this?&#8221; Or &#8220;who uses this?&#8221;</p>
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		By: Connors		</title>
		<link>https://gisgeography.com/decimal-degrees-dd-minutes-seconds-dms/#comment-261816</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Connors]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2022 14:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Woo! go Pittsburgh]]></description>
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		By: John Heath		</title>
		<link>https://gisgeography.com/decimal-degrees-dd-minutes-seconds-dms/#comment-261238</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Heath]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2022 18:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Brilliant, simple and easy to understand. Thank you very much.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Brilliant, simple and easy to understand. Thank you very much.</p>
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		By: Eggman		</title>
		<link>https://gisgeography.com/decimal-degrees-dd-minutes-seconds-dms/#comment-256925</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eggman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2022 19:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Why anyone would use degrees/minutes/seconds instead of just degrees with decimal points is beyond me. DMS is completely useless.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why anyone would use degrees/minutes/seconds instead of just degrees with decimal points is beyond me. DMS is completely useless.</p>
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		By: Lina		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lina]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2021 23:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Great clarification! Thank you!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great clarification! Thank you!</p>
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