Longitude and latitude minutes!! HELP!?

Question

How do u do the minutes when you find the longitude and latitude. Like when you measure the long/lat on a map, how do u then find the minutes??

HELP!

Answer 1

Minutes and Seconds For precision purposes, degrees of longitude and latitude have been divided into minutes (') and seconds ("). There are 60 minutes in each degree. Each minute is divided into 60 seconds. Seconds can be further divided into tenths, hundredths, or even thousandths.

For example, our office on Galveston Island, Texas, USA, is located at 29 degrees, 16 minutes, and 22 seconds north of the equator, and 94 degrees, 49 minutes and 46 seconds west of the Prime Meridian.

Answer 2

Degrees of lat/long are divided into smaller parts called minutes, and minutes are further split into seconds. All you need to do is to continue working your location down to more and more precise measurements.

Answer 3

Lat/Long calculations involve degrees, minute and seconds.

In a map when you see 2 degree markings, say 17 deg line and 18 deg line, between these two you need to divide in 60 equal parts. The first part after 17 deg is '17 deg 01 minute'. The 39th part starting with17 deg line is '17 deg 39 minutes'. The interval between two successive minute lines is subdivided further, into 60equal parts called 'seconds' and the whole process repeated. This is carried out first to establish the 'latitude' and then the 'longitude' of a spot on the map.

Answer 4

Latitude and Longitude are expressed as angles, in degrees.  The fractions of the degrees are expressed in minutes (1/60 of a degree) and seconds (1/60 of a minute).  You are right if you think it makes little sense to us in these times not to have a more rational system.

Answer 5

saying "minute" is like saying "percent".

A Minute is a part of 60, so for example 20 minutes is 20/60 so two thirds of the distance between two latitudes.

When you're talking about hours, you don't say 7.5 hours, but rather, 7 hours and 30 minutes. It's like that with longitudinal/latidudinal minutes.

(as far as I think...)