Is the below data wrng?! 9.9000N, 76.7170E fr a place??!!!?

Question

i entered this data in a software but its saying that the values r wrong and to enter the correct values!!!

its of a place called thodupuzha ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thodupuzha )

Answer 1

Do not use the letters N or E  at the end of the decimal coordinates.  Just enter the numbers.  9.9000, 76.7170.  Some maps like Mapquest use negative numbers instead of N,S, E, or W.  Use Google maps instead.

Answer 2

It is Thodupuzha in Kerala(40km east of Kochi city), India is right?

What is it that's gone wrong?

Answer 3

It would be important to use the proper format of latitude and longitude for your software.

Some are of the format: nnº nn'nn.n" where the fields are degrees, minutes, seconds, and tenths of a second (respectively).

Some are of the format of nnºnn.nnn' where the fields are degrees, minutes, and fractions of a minute (respectively).

Or.... you can have lat/long in the format that you have given which is in decimal degrees. You can either find a conversion calculator online or you can convert it yourself based on understanding.

The whole number is always the degree... so 9.9000N is 9º N with 0.9000 of a degree left over. A whole degree is taken as 60 minutes. So 0.9*60 = 54' exactly.

Therefore =>

9.9000N = N 9º54'00.0" = N 9º54.000'

For 76.7170E... 76º with 0.7170 left over.

0.7170 * 60 min = 43 min with 0.02 left over.

0.02 * 60 sec = 1.2 sec.

Therefore =>

76.7170E = E 76º43'01.2" =  E 76º43.020'

To verify that your values are correct but you just don't know how to use them .... those coordinates are near the southern tip of the mainland of India.