Latitude/Longitude Coordinates

eMILER allows you to enter latitude/longitude coordinates as stops. For instance, if you enter "40n,100w", your route will travel through this point and the point will be labelled in the Route Map page just like other stops. There are two lat/long formats that can be used: 1) degrees-minutes-seconds and 2) decimal degrees.

Degrees-minutes-seconds format:

In degrees-minutes-seconds format the latitude and longitude are each 8 character strings in the following format:

Characters 1-3 specify the degrees (be sure to include leading zero if required)

Characters 4-5 specify the minutes

Characters 6-7 specify the seconds

Character 8 is either 'N', 'n', 'W', or 'w' with N's for latitude and W's for longitude

Latitude and longitude must be separated by a comma WITHOUT A SPACE. In general the format for a coordinate pair is:

dddmmssN,dddmmssW

Decimal degrees format:

In decimal degrees format, latitude and longitude are strings of up to 8 characters representing a decimal number with up to 3 decimal places. No leading zeros are required. The decimal point counts as one of the characters. Latitude and longitude must be separated by a comma WITHOUT A SPACE. In general the format for a coordinate pair is:

dddd.dddN,dddd.dddW

Converting between formats:

To convert from degrees-minutes-seconds to decimal degrees use the following formula:

dddmmssN ® ddd + mm/60 + ss/3600

Examples:

Here is an example of an actual lat/long near Kendall Park, NJ in both formats:

0402515N,0743340W

40.421N,74.561W