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GPS Coordinates.
Decimal degrees (DD) express latitude and longitude geographic coordinates as decimal
fractions and are used in manygeographic information systems (GIS), web mapping applications
such as OpenStreetMap, and GPS devices. Decimal degrees are an alternative to using
degrees, minutes, and seconds (DMS). As with latitude and longitude, the values are bounded by
90 and 180 respectively.
Positive latitudes are north of the equator, negative latitudes are south of the equator. Positive
longitudes are east of Prime Meridian, negative longitudes are west of the Prime Meridian.
Latitude and longitude are usually expressed in that sequence, latitude before longitude.
decima
l
places
decimal
degrees
DMS
qualitative
N/S or
scale that
E/W
E/W at
E/W at
E/W at
can be
at
23N/S
45N/S
67N/S
identified
equator
country or
111.32 k
102.47 k
78.71 k
43.496 k
large region
large city or
11.132 k
10.247 k
7.871 k
4.3496 k
district
0 00
town or
1.1132 k
1.0247 k
36
village
787.1 m
434.96 m
1.0
1 00 0
0.1
0 06 0
0.01
0.001
0.0001
0.00001
0.000001
0 00
neighborhoo
3.6
d, street
0 00
0.36
111.32 m
102.47 m
78.71 m
43.496 m
11.132 m
10.247 m
7.871 m
4.3496 m
1.1132 m
1.0247 m
787.1
434.96
mm
mm
individual
street, land
parcel
0 00
individual
0.036
trees
0 00
individual
111.32 m
102.47 m
78.71 m
43.496 m
0.0036
humans
practical limit
7
0.0000001
0 00
of
11.132 m
10.247 m
7.871 m
4.3496 m
0.00036
commercial
1.1132 m
1.0247 m
787.1
434.96
surveying
specialized
8
0.0000000
1
0 00
surveying
plate mappin
g)