Latitude, which is measured in degrees, minutes and seconds.
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There are 2400 seconds of latitude between 26 degrees S and 14 degrees N. Each degree of latitude is divided into 60 minutes, and each minute is further divided into 60 seconds. Therefore, 12 degrees x 60 minutes x 60 seconds = 43200 seconds. Subtracting 40800 seconds between 26 degrees S and the equator and 1200 seconds between 14 degrees N and the equator gives 2400 seconds of latitude between the two.
Minutes and seconds
A degree is 60 minutes or 3600 seconds, much like the relationship between them and an hour.
Divide that by 60 to get degrees. If you want degrees and minutes, do an integer division by 60; the remainder will be the minutes. Seconds will of course be zero in this case.
Absolute location is typically defined by 3 (sometimes 4 variables): Latitude (distance from equator measured in degrees, minutes and seconds), longitude (distance from the prime meridian also given in degrees, minutes and seconds), elevation (distance above/below sea level) and sometimes time.
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It designates a point on earth that is 38 degrees 53 minutes 23 seconds north of the equator and 77 degrees 00 minutes 27 seconds west of the Greenwich Meridian
what is the longitude and latitude of Washington DC in degrees, minutes, and seconds
0 minutes and 43.2 seconds