Converting Rad/Degrees to Degree'Minute'Second"

[G.V. Morgon]

Is there a built in funtion to convert radians or degrees to degree'
minute' second' notation, and vice versa? I looked through the manual
but it did not mention DMS anywhere.

Or does somebody happen to have a program to do this?

Thanks,
GV Morgon

[Carsten Geckeler]

To convert degrees to degree minutes' seconds" notation you should
use the ->HMS command in the TIME-menu ( keys: [left-shift] [4] ).
The notation is HHH.MMSSDD... with
H: hours/degrees (the integer part of the argument)
MM: minutes (00-59)
SSDD..: seconds
E.g: 1.5855 will be converted into 1.35078 (1 hour, 35 minutes, and
7.8 seconds)
Of course there is also the inverse command HMS->

To convert radians into degrees or vice versa there are the two built in
functions D->R and R->D in the [MTH]-[E]-menu (REAL). But these two
functions just mutiply with the factor PI/180 or 180/PI.

Carsten Geckeler

[Riaan Louw]

On the Gx's built in Units management function, under the angular
conversions,
you can change between Degrees, Radians and Grads.

In the time management functions, it is possible to change between
DMS and Decimal Degrees ( or Hours minutes seconds ).
seeing that DMS and HMs are just about the same thing.

Riaan Louw

G.V. Morgon <gvmo...@pacbell.net> wrote in article
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[G.V. Morgon]

Thanks to everybody who sent in their help on this. I really do appreciate it.
:)

Glenn

gvmo...@pacbell.net (G.V. Morgon) wrote:

ąIs there a built in funtion to convert radians or degrees to degree'
ąminute' second' notation, and vice versa? I looked through the manual
ąbut it did not mention DMS anywhere.
ą
ąOr does somebody happen to have a program to do this?
ą
ąThanks,
ąGV Morgon