Decimal Degrees to DMS Converter
Split signed decimal degrees into degrees, minutes, seconds and a hemisphere letter.
Description
Split a signed latitude or longitude into degrees, minutes, seconds, and hemisphere.
Decimal Degrees to DMS Converter split a signed latitude or longitude into degrees, minutes, seconds, and hemisphere.
Use this when coordinates stored as decimal degrees must be entered into navigation, mapping, surveying, or metadata systems that use DMS notation.
When to use Decimal Degrees to DMS Converter
Use this when coordinates stored as decimal degrees must be entered into navigation, mapping, surveying, or metadata systems that use DMS notation.
How it works
The absolute angle is decomposed into whole degrees, whole arcminutes, and fractional arcseconds; the sign and selected axis determine N, S, E, or W.
Interpreting the result
Keep the input units, direction conventions, encoding, and ordering rules visible when reusing the result. Preserve the full returned value for downstream calculations and round only for presentation.
Assumptions and limitations
Latitude is limited to ±90 degrees and longitude to ±180. Rounding seconds can affect round trips at very fine precision, and zero is represented as N or E by convention.