DMSString

DMSString[θ]

converts an angle θ given in decimal degrees to a degrees-minutes-seconds string.

DMSString[{ϕ,λ}]

converts latitude and longitude given in decimal degrees to a DMS latitude-longitude string.

DMSString[{d,m,s}]

converts a DMS list to a DMS string.

Details

  • DMSString[θ,"NS"] or DMSString[θ,"EW"] gives a string representation in which the sign of the angle is indicated by one of the cardinal directions "N", "S", "E", or "W".
  • DMSString[{ϕ,λ}] uses "N" for positive ϕ and "E" for positive λ.
  • DMSString[θ,n] uses n-digit precision for seconds. DMSString[θ,{"XY",n}] defines both sign representation and precision.
  • Angles in radians can be converted to degrees for use in DMSString by dividing by Degree.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (2)

Convert an angle given in decimal degrees to a DMS string:

Convert to a DMS string that specifies one of the cardinal directions:

Scope  (4)

Convert a DMS list into a DMS string:

For exact input, the result also contains exact numbers:

By default, DMSString ignores signs:

They can be kept by using cardinal directions, either for latitude ("NS") or for longitude ("EW"):

Convert a numeric angle in degrees into a DMS string:

A signed angle:

By default, DMSString produces numbers with three decimals for seconds:

The number of digits can be decreased or increased:

The precision parameter only affects the results of inexact inputs:

Generalizations & Extensions  (3)

On DMS strings, DMSString returns a canonical form:

The choice of cardinal direction is still free:

Act on a GeoPosition object, returning a pair "lat long":

Convert a Quantity angle into a DMS string:

Properties & Relations  (3)

If the input contains any inexact number, the result will be inexact, always in the seconds:

Only when all numbers are exact will the result be exact:

The action of DMSString on a DMS list can be inverted with DMSList:

With exact numbers:

The action of DMSString on a numeric angle in degrees can be inverted with FromDMS:

With exact numbers, DMSString returns a numerical approximation:

Hence the original exact number cannot be directly recovered:

Wolfram Research (2008), DMSString, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DMSString.html (updated 2014).

Text

Wolfram Research (2008), DMSString, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DMSString.html (updated 2014).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2008. "DMSString." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2014. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DMSString.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2008). DMSString. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DMSString.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2023_dmsstring, author="Wolfram Research", title="{DMSString}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DMSString.html}", note=[Accessed: 19-March-2024 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2023_dmsstring, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={DMSString}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DMSString.html}, note=[Accessed: 19-March-2024 ]}