The latitudes and longitudes are inDMSformat. We will convert them into decimal values to create an Excel latitude-longitude converter. Step 1 –Using Text to Columns Option We will use theText to Columnsoption to separate the degrees, minutes, and seconds. Enter 3 additional temporary columns ...
Convert Latitude and Longitude to Decimals in Excel With your data in separate columns, there’s nothing to stop you from converting your coordinates to decimals. As noted in ourLatitude and Longitude in Excel: Calculate Distance, Convert Degrees, and Geocode Addressespost, the formula for doing...
I have a column of GPS coordinates in DMS style (like this: 31°59'42.5"N 87°17'37.0"W) but for some reason they won't upload to ArcGIS, so I was told to try changing them into decimal degrees (like this: 30.9951389, -87.29361). Is there a way to have Excel do the change au...