APRS-SCS Latitude Help

The Latitude Text Boxes
Here is where the user enters His APRS stations Latitude.
APRS-SCS defaults to 40 49 . 14 N
The 40 is the degrees of Lattitude.
The 49.14 is the Decimal Minutes of Lattitude.

The .14 when multiplied by 60 becomes 08.40 seconds.
So the above Latitude expressed in Degrees Minutes Seconds would be
40 49 08.40

To see what I am talking about lets say our Lattitude in Degrees Minutes Seconds is
40 49 30 Which spelled out is 40 Degrees 49 Minutes 30 Seconds Lattitude.
Since 30 Seconds is half a Minute. Then another way of spelling the above out
would be. 40 Degrees 49 and a Half Minutes. Expressed Mathematically
40 49.50 This is the same as taking the 30 seconds and dividing by 60.

What this is all leading up to is if you do not have your Lattitude expressed in
Degrees Decimal Minutes then you have to convert your Lattitude to
Degrees Decimal Minutes.

Another conversion example.
Lets say you have your Lattitude expressed as.
40.825 Decimal Degrees.
To convert to Degrees Decimal Minutes then take the .825 and multiply by 60.
.825 x 60 = 49.50 so your Lattitude expressed in Degrees decimal Minutes
would be 40 49.50

Please make these conversions APRS-SCS only accepts Lattitude in Degrees Decimal Minutes

What Is the "N" for?
The N stands for North. If you are North of the Equator then Enter a N.
If you are South Of the Equator then enter a S.

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