Gps Coordinate Conversion Formula

Some apps use decimal format (48.85833) while others return the coordinates in degrees, minutes and seconds (48°51'29.99'). In this article I will show you how to convert from one format to the other and vice-versa. Add GPS coordinates to address. If you are looking to add GPS coordinates to your address, please go to this page. In order to establish a point, you MUST have latitude and longitude coordinates in one form or another. If you need to get that information relating to distances between points, use the GPS Latitude and Longitude Distance Calculator.

PGC Coordinate Converter

Enter values into the coordinate tool and the values will automatically update. For decimal degrees, remember to include the negative sign for south and west coordinates!

Gps Coordinates For Address

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Decimal Degrees (DD)

Latitude: °

Longitude: °

Latitude (-90 to 90) and longitude (-180 to 180).
Include up to 6 decimal places.

Degrees Decimal Minutes (DDM)

Latitude: °  ’ 

Longitude: °  ’ 

Degrees (0 to 89, 0 to 179) as integers and minutes (0 to 59.9999)
Include up to 4 decimal places.

Degrees Minutes Seconds (DMS)

Gps Coordinate Conversion Formula Calculator

Latitude: °  ’  ” 

Longitude: °  ’  ” 

Degrees (0-59) and minutes (0 to 59) as integers and seconds (0 to 59.9999) up to 4 decimal places.

WGS84 Antarctic Polar Stereographic

Y:

X:

Y and X values up to 6 decimal places. Origin (0,0) is the geographic South Pole.

WGS84 NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic North

Y:

X:

Y and X values up to 6 decimal places. Origin (0,0) is the geographic North Pole.

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Maps are not the same scale.

Use the table below to quickly copy & paste the values into another application. The coordinates are formatted to PGC standards.

TypeLatitude / YLongitude / X
Decimal Degrees (DD)00
Degrees Decimal Minutes (DDM)00
Degrees Minutes Seconds (DMS)00
WGS84 Antarctic Polar Stereographic (EPSG:3031) (about)00
WGS84 NSIDC Arctic Polar Stereographic North (EPSG:3413) (about)00

GPS Coordinates Converter

When you enter an address, the lat long converter will quickly convert your address to the corresponding gps coordinates.
If you would like to convert a gps coordinates to an address, simply enter the coordinates in the DD or the DMS format, and the coordinates converter will return you the correct address.

Lat Long Converter

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The lat long converter can be used to locate an address, latitude and longitude on a map for navigation purposely or if your gps navigation system is giving you a lat long and you need to convert it to address. Type an address or latitude and longitude to start using our gps coordinate converter.
Simply type the lat and long coordinate values and press Get Address or the Get GPS Coordinates button above. Reverse geocoded address will also show up on the map coordinates along with latlong.

Address to Lat Long

Coordinate

Address to Lat Long has the option convert address to lat long.
Type in the address field above and click on the Get GPS Coordinates button.
The Geocoded address will show up on the map coordinates along with the address.
Latitude and Longitude will be shown in both the DMS format (degrees, minutes, seconds) and DD format (decimal degrees).
If you are not sure where you are currently at, you can use our longitude and latitude tool to find your current address and gps coordinates, and then use the gps coordinates converter tool to convert your current location.

How to use the coordinates converter?

There are two ways that you can use the coordinates converter to convert a coordinates to an actual address.
Coordinate Converter to Decimal converts latitude and longitude to decimal degrees and vice versa, coordinate converter to address and it is also able to convert decimal to degree minute second.

Degrees Minutes Seconds to Decimal Degrees

The degrees minutes seconds to decimal degrees or DMS Converter is a tool to convert any address or coordinates to decimal degrees format and convert decimal degrees to the degrees minutes seconds format.

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GPS Coordinates Converter App

We offer our gps coordinates converter as app that you can install for free in the Play Store. If you own an android phone or tablet, you can use it wherever you go.
GPS Coordinates Converter App
The app has all the functionalities of our web version plus some additional features, such as saving and sharing your coordinates or an address that you searched.
There are built in functions to locate your current location and multiple ways to convert gps coordinates to address and vice versa.
Just like our web tool, a map will show up with every search so you can explore the destination area or the location that you are current at.
One feature that you may like about the app is that it allows you to save all the locations that you search for so that you can retrieve them at a later time. You can use the app as an address book to keep the addresses of all your friends and families.

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How to find my current location?

You can use the coordinates finder or where am I now to find your current location in latitude and longitude or the coordinates converter to convert address to latlong and convert lat and long to address.
Please make sure you choose the enable location on your browser in order for our gps coordinates system to locate your location. One can also use our longitude and latitude finder app to find your gps coordinates.