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dms2dec(dms)
dec2dms(dec)
The dms2dec and dec2dms functions are for changing back
and forth between "degrees minutes seconds" (DMS) notation and
"decimal degree" notation for latitude and longitude coordinates.
All SQL geocode functions expect decimal degree parameters (the Vortex
<code2geo> and <geo2code> Vortex functions expect DMS).
DMS values are of the format DDDMMSS. For example, 35°15'
would be represented as 351500.
In decimal degrees, a degree is a whole digit, and minutes & seconds
are represented as fractions of a degree. Therefore, 35°15'
would be 35.25 in decimal degrees.
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