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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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