Latitude and Longitude Formats

Geographical positions in the form of latitudes and longitudes appear in all of the input files read by MapComp. The format in each case is the same.

Because of the wide range of possible formats which can be used for latitudes and longitudes MapComp is fairly strict on the format it accepts to avoid possible ambiguity. There are two basic forms allowed:

  1. Degrees, minutes and either decimals of a minute or seconds.
  2. Degrees and decimals of a degree.

In both cases, the order is always latitude followed by longitude.


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