How to enter Lat/Long into i.points

[Agustin Lobo]

Markus,

I think that the only way is using sexagesimal degrees
with decimal fractions (I.e., 40deg 30min would be
40.5). At least this is what I remember from the last time
that I had to do it (v.4.0).

Agus

Dr. Agustin Lobo
Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra (CSIC)
Lluis Sole Sabaris s/n
08028 Barcelona SPAIN
tel 34 93409 5410
fax 34 93411 0012
alobo at ija.csic.es
http://pangea.ija.csic.es/alobo


On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, Markus Neteler wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> beside all the licence discussion I need (urgently) to know
> how to enter latitude/longitude coordinates into i.points:
> 
> mode: keyboard
> "Enter coordinates as east north": ??? ???
> 
> I have
>  10E 43' 30"
>  47N 34' 0"
> 
> Is there a way to enter such values in sexagesimal degree
> instead of recalculating every position to decimal degree?
> 
> I tried 10:43:30 47:34:0 but it is not accepted...
> 
> Help is welcome!
> 
>   Markus Neteler
>