[OSM-newbies] GPS coordinates

Markus Lindholm markus.lindholm at gmail.com
Mon Nov 10 17:47:21 GMT 2008


2008/11/10 Ed Loach <ed at loach.me.uk>:
> Markus wrote:
>
>> For example the city hall of
>> Stockholm is
>> located at N59 19' 39" E18 03' 12" according to a photo taken
>> there
>> whereas JOSM gives the coordinates as 59.3278 18.0529. How can
>> I
>> reconcile these two values?
>
> To convert from degrees/minutes/seconds to decimal values:
> If you have D degrees M minutes S seconds (e.g. D=59,M=19,S=39) then
> the decimal value is
> D + (M/60) + (S/3600)
> which in this example gives me 59.3275
>

Thanks.

How can I configure JOSM to display degrees/minutes/seconds instead of
decimal values? Because there doesn't seem to be a way tag the photo
with a decimal value and I'd hate bring out the calculator for each
photo.

/Markus




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