dcoords2

dcoords -lat {% 1 %s} -lon {% 2 %s}

NAME

     dcoords2 - converts latitude and longitude coordinates from 
                degrees-minutes-seconds to decimal degrees.


SYNOPSIS
     
     dcoords2 DD°MM'SS"[N/S] DD°MM'SS"[E/W]

     
DESCRIPTION
     
     The dcoords2 command is a parameterized version of the dcoords
     command that converts a set of latitude, longitude coordinates 
     that are in degrees-minutes-seconds format to signed decimal 
     degrees notation.  While both the N/S & E/W suffixes are 
     optional, negative signs will NOT appear without them.


EXAMPLES
     
     Example: dcoords2 47°49'05.90796" 102°26'58.48232"
     Result:  47.818307766667 102.44957842222

     Example: dcoords2 47°49'05.90796"N 102°26'58.48232"W
     Result:  47.818307766667 -102.44957842222


AUTHOR

     Paul M. Boren
     pmboren AT gmail DOT com

21 uses - Created 2010-05-20 07:20:52 - Last used 2010-06-12 15:11:53

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