Re: Advice on LAT/LONG data?
From: John Howard <zjph90_at_amoco.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 1994 03:48:18 CDT
Message-ID: <1994Jul11.034818.21822_at_amoco.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 1994 03:48:18 CDT
Message-ID: <1994Jul11.034818.21822_at_amoco.com>
Convert the lat/long to decimal degrees :-
dd = d + m/60 + s/3600
Now make values in the S & W hemispheres negative.
You can now use regular arithmetic as long as you dont cross the international dateline. If you do then you can probably do something with MOD().
Cheers,
John
--- John Howard Exploration & Production Applications Snr Programmer/Analyst Information Technology (Socon 822 7084) Amoco Services Inc.Received on Mon Jul 11 1994 - 10:48:18 CEST