Summary: seconds in a degree At the equator one second of latitude or longitude = 101 3 feet For Example the summit of Mt Rainer has a latitude of 46° 51 N and a longitude of 121° 46 W An alternative method of notation in the geographic coordinate system often used for many GIS GPS applications Geographic Information Systems Global Positioning System is the decimal
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