§2023-05-04

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• What is a DMS Degrees Minutes Seconds.
  • DMS stands for Degrees Minutes Seconds, which is a unit of measurement used to express angles, particularly in geographic coordinates.
  • In this system, angles are divided into 360 degrees, with each degree further divided into 60 minutes, and each minute divided into 60 seconds. The symbol for degrees is °, for minutes is ', and for seconds is ''.
  • For example, the geographic coordinates for a location might be expressed as 40° 44' 55'' N, 73° 59' 11'' W, which would mean that the location is 40 degrees, 44 minutes, and 55 seconds north of the equator, and 73 degrees, 59 minutes, and 11 seconds west of the prime meridian.
  • The DMS system is commonly used in navigation, surveying, and cartography, and is often used alongside decimal degrees (DD), which is another way of expressing geographic coordinates.