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dms2degrees

Convert degrees-minutes-seconds to degrees

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Syntax

angleInDegrees = dms2degrees(DMS)

Description

angleInDegrees = dms2degrees(DMS) converts angles from degrees-minutes-seconds representation to values in degrees which may include a fractional part (sometimes called “decimal degrees”).

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Examples

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Open Live Script
dms = [ ...
     30  50  44.78012; ...
    -82   2  39.90825; ...
      0 -30  17.12345; ...
      0   0  14.82000];
format long g
angleInDegrees = dms2degrees(dms)
angleInDegrees = 4×1

          30.8457722555556
         -82.0444189583333
        -0.504756513888889
       0.00411666666666667

Input Arguments

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Angle in degrees-minutes-seconds representation, specified as an n-by-3 real-valued matrix. Each row specifies one angle, with the format [D M S]:

  • D contains the “degrees” element and must be integer-valued.

  • M contains the “minutes” element and must be integer-valued. The absolute value of M must be less than 60.

  • S contains the “seconds” element and may have a fractional part. The absolute value of S must be less than 60.

For an angle that is positive (north latitude or east longitude) or equal to zero, all elements in the row must be nonnegative. For a negative angle (south latitude or west longitude), the first nonzero element in the row must be negative and the remaining values are nonnegative.

Output Arguments

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Angle in degrees, returned as an n-element column vector. The kth element corresponds to the kth row of DMS.

Algorithms

For an input row with value [D M S], the output value will be 

SGN * (abs(D) + abs(M)/60 + abs(S)/3600)
where SGN is 1 if D, M, and S are all nonnegative and -1 if the first nonzero element of [D M S] is negative. An error results if a nonzero element is followed by a negative element.

Version History

Introduced in R2007a

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