Convert coordinates between decimal degrees and degrees, minutes and seconds.
The conversion is repeated multiplication by sixty, exactly like converting hours to minutes and seconds. The sign determines the hemisphere, which DMS notation expresses as a letter instead. Losing the hemisphere letter places a coordinate on the wrong side of the equator or meridian, which is the most consequential coordinate error there is.
Coordinate Converter
Minutes = fractional degrees × 60; seconds = fractional minutes × 60
Minutes = fractional degrees × 60; seconds = fractional minutes × 60 The conversion is repeated multiplication by sixty, exactly like converting hours to minutes and seconds. The sign determines the hemisphere, which DMS notation expresses as a letter instead.
Losing the hemisphere letter places a coordinate on the wrong side of the equator or meridian, which is the most consequential coordinate error there is.
This calculator takes 2 inputs: Decimal degrees, Coordinate type. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.