Calculated Industries 8416 - Manual (Page 27)

Entering and Converting
Degrees:Minute:Seconds
NautiCalc Plus enables you to directly
enter and convert between decimal
degree and degrees:minutes:seconds
format. Successive presses of the
[d:m:s] key toggle between formats.
Improp-erly formatted entries will
redisplay in the correct convention after
a math operator key is pressed.
Convert D:M:S Value to Decimal
Enter 22° 14’ 26” and convert to decimal
degrees.
Steps/Keystrokes Display
1. Clear calculator:
[On/C] [On/C] 0.
2. Enter 22° 14’ 26”:
22 [d:m:s] 14 [d:m:s]
26
DMS
22:14:26
D MIN SEC
3. Convert to decimal format:
[Conv] [d:m:s] 22.24056°
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