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Table to Convert Minutes and Seconds to Decimal Degrees


To use these Tables, just add the decimal fractions together for each of Minutes, Seconds, and Tenths of Seconds, as necessary.  The numbers are rounded, so there could be as much as a 0.000015 error when using all three tables, or up to a 0.00001 error using two tables.  These correspond to as much as 5.46 feet of latitude or 4.56 feet of longitude when using all 3 tables.  Or up to 3.64 feet of latitude or 3.04 feet of longitude when using 2 tables.

It is possible to use these tables to find Minutes, Seconds, and Tenths of Seconds from Decimal Coordinates by subtracting.  Find the decimal in the Minutes table that is equal to or less than your decimal coordinate, and subtract that decimal from your decimal, recording the Minutes equivalent to the decimal subtracted.  Now, find in the Seconds table, the decimal equal to or less than the remainder from Minutes, recording the Seconds and subtracting the seconds decimal.  If there is still a remainder, find the nearest Tenths of Seconds to the remainder from Seconds and record.  The errors should be similar to those above in converting to Decimals.

Note:  DD.DDDDD is slightly more accurate than DD MM.MMM (fractional minutes may be found by dividing seconds by 60) which itself  is slightly more accurate than DD MM SS.S and DD MM SS is even less accurate.  DD=degrees  MM=minutes  SS=seconds  Here are approximate values:
Latitude:  3.64 feet per 0.00001 degree, 6.06 feet per 0.001 minute, 10.10 feet per 0.1 second, 101.1 feet per second, 6066.7 feet per minute.
Longitude:  3.04 feet per 0.00001 degree, 5.07 feet per 0.001 minute, 8.45 feet per 0.1 second, 84.5 feet per second, 5066.7 feet per minute.
Minutes and Seconds to fractions:  00'00"=.00000  07'30"=.12500  15'00"=.25000  22'30"=.37500  30'00"=.50000  37'30"=.62500  45'00"=.75000 52'30"=.87500

Cemeteries are listed with the name of the USGS 7.5 degree map on which it would be located, if this is known.
The names of USGS 7.5 degree maps for Mississippi counties may be found using coordinates at http://MSGen.net/ms/mapsn.html .
The coordinates of USGS 7.5 degree maps for Mississippi counties may be found using names at http://MSGen.net/ms/mapsa.html .

If you happen to be researching out west, there is a site that makes Township-Range-Section conversions to/from latitude-longitude:  Legal location (Township-Range-Section) to Latitude/Longitude conversions for western US  and a guide to the Principal Meridians and Base Lines governing US public land surveys.



 Minutes        Seconds       Tenths of seconds
00 .00000    00 .00000    0.0 .00000
01 .01667    01 .00028    0.1 .00003
02 .03333    02 .00056    0.2 .00006
03 .05000    03 .00083    0.3 .00008
04 .06667    04 .00111    0.4 .00011
05 .08333    05 .00139    0.5 .00014
06 .10000    06 .00167    0.6 .00017
07 .11667    07 .00194    0.7 .00019
08 .13333    08 .00222    0.8 .00022
09 .15000    09 .00250    0.9 .00025
10 .16667    10 .00278
11 .18333    11 .00306
12 .20000    12 .00333
13 .21667    13 .00361
14 .23333    14 .00389
15 .25000    15 .00417
16 .26667    16 .00444
17 .28333    17 .00472
18 .30000    18 .00500
19 .31667    19 .00528
20 .33333    20 .00556
21 .35000    21 .00583
22 .36667    22 .00611
23 .38333    23 .00639
24 .40000    24 .00667
25 .41667    25 .00694
26 .43333    26 .00722
27 .45000    27 .00750
28 .46667    28 .00778
29 .48333    29 .00806
30 .50000    30 .00833
31 .51667    31 .00861
32 .53333    32 .00889
33 .55000    33 .00917
34 .56667    34 .00944
35 .58333    35 .00972
36 .60000    36 .01000
37 .61667    37 .01028
38 .63333    38 .01056
39 .65000    39 .01083
40 .66667    40 .01111
41 .68333    41 .01139
42 .70000    42 .01167
43 .71667    43 .01194
44 .73333    44 .01222
45 .75000    45 .01250
46 .76667    46 .01278
47 .78333    47 .01306
48 .80000    48 .01333
49 .81667    49 .01361
50 .83333    50 .01389
51 .85000    51 .01417
52 .86667    52 .01444
53 .88333    53 .01472
54 .90000    54 .01500
55 .91667    55 .01528
56 .93333    56 .01556
57 .95000    57 .01583
58 .96667    58 .01611
59 .98333    59 .01639
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