decimalToDms: Convert geographic coordinates in decimal format to...

View source: R/decimalToDms.r

decimalToDmsR Documentation

Convert geographic coordinates in decimal format to degrees-minutes-second

Description

This function converts geographic coordinates in decimal format to degrees-minutes-seconds (DD-MM-SS) format.

Usage

decimalToDms(x)

Arguments

x

Numeric or vector of numeric values, longitude or latitude in decimal format.

Value

A numeric matrix with three columns: degrees, seconds, and seconds. Note that the hemisphere (i.e., indicated by the sign of x) is not returned since it could be either north/south or east/west.

Examples

decimalToDms(38.56123) # latitude of St. Louis, Missouri, USA
decimalToDms(90.06521) # longitude of St. Louis, Missouri, USA

adamlilith/enmSdm documentation built on Jan. 6, 2023, 11 a.m.