It's convenient to convert Google #maps address share link to #coordinates -> simple, short to use for other, offline maps =D,
from Organic maps app.
eg: something like:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Eiffel+Tower/@48.8583701,2.2922926,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x8ddca9ee380ef7e0?hl=en
-> 48.8583701,2.2922926

#PhotoOfTheDay When your friend hosts a #Geocaching party/event at his house, and everyone speaks the same nerdy language... #gps #coordinates

Jessica Alba Is __% Hispanic https://www.inbella.com/751708/jessica-alba-is-__-hispanic/ #23andme #admixture #ancestry #ancient #coordinates #DNA #DnaTest #DnaTestResults #FemaleCelebrities #g25 #gedmatch #genetic #Genetics #Global25 #History #JessicaAlba #modern #vahaduo #World #WorldGenetics

Digital painting: Ambiguous impulses for your own mental cinema!
#kunst #contemporaryArt #mentalCinema #digitalPainting #saveBioDiversity #climateActionNow #systemChange #endFossilFuels #makeArtNotWar #noAFD #NoRacism #NoFascism #humanrights #humanDignity #Нетвойны #matrix #coordinates #gridPattern #mahatma #gandhi #pacifism #ahimsa #civilDisobidience #shoppingBags #pointerfinger #accusation #table #screaming #rage #shouting #anger #nakedMullRat #sandPuppy #goodMood #fun #wanderer #hiking

It is clear: 95% of the people who voted prefer decimal angles for latitude and longitude.

https://mapstodon.space/@jjimenezshaw/112973245061954190

... then why manuals, papers, documentation, books and other fancy stuff insist on using minutes and seconds? Even software! Please, just use decimal degrees. Using subdivisions divisible by 60 is not longer needed.
If you want to write like the ancients, use Latin and Roman numerals.

Just use one format for latitude and longitude angles. Which one?

Online conversion between geographic coordinates (in decimal degrees, degrees minutes seconds), standard UTM, and UTM NATO, with an Excel to make mass conversions and an app for Android #coordinates

https://franzpc.com/apps/conversor-coordenadas-geograficas-utm.html

Advancing Digital Earth Modeling - Hexagonal Multi-Structural Elements In Icosahedral DGGS For Enhanced Geospatial Data Processing
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2023.105922 <-- shared paper
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrete_global_grid <-- DGD wiki page
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[the math is way over my head, hence the wiki page leak, but a good read nonetheless]
“HIGHLIGHTS:
• Hexagonal multi-structural elements enhance Earth's surface modeling precision.
• Integration of indexing and conversion rules improves geospatial data computation.
• DGGRID implementation shows increased precision in raster and vector data modeling.
• Addresses limitations in existing software for Earth observation data.
• Pioneering approach expands geospatial data processing applications…"
#GIS #spatial #mapping #DiscreteGlobalGrid #DGG #DGGS #indexing #conversion #rules #computation #Hexagonal #DGGRID #raster #vector #data #model #modeling #earthobservation #remotesensing #grid #vertices #edges #icosahedral #projections #coordinates #representation

The Impossible Map [video, 1947]
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https://www.nfb.ca/film/impossible_map/ <--link to video
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[still an excellent teaching aid, and who doesn’t like the idea of mangling a grapefruit with a rolling pin?! (turnips not so much…) ~wink~ ]
“Development in long-range travel and the growing importance of the Arctic and Antarctic regions make it necessary to understand how maps may be misleading. Experiments with a grapefruit illustrate the difficulty of presenting a true picture of the world on a flat surface and it is concluded that the globe is the most accurate way of representing the earth...”
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I also love this image from 1921 (!), still useful today, and when I used to teach a little it was part of my coursework… we are so visual…
Charles H. Deetz, Elements of Map Projection With Applications to Map and Chart Construction (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1921)
#GIS #spatial #mapping #map #mapprojections #geography #coordinates #film #video #education #training #onlinelearning
@thenfb

The NSRS Horizontal Datums Will Be Tectonic Plate Based! | Changes To The Vertical Datums
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https://geodesy.noaa.gov/datums/newdatums/index.shtml <-- details of the new NSRS datums, etc at the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) website
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #coordinates #coordinatesystems #NationalGeodeticSurvey #NGS #datums #verticaldatum #NorthAmerica #horizontaldatum #NSRS #geology #NorthAmericanPlate #CaribbeanPlate #tectonics #platetectonics #movement #GPS #GNSS #geomorphometry #NAVD88 #NAD83 #accuracy #precision