Latitude and Longitude values are entered in either DMS (Degrees Minutes Second) or DD (Decimal Degree) format.

Latitude and Longitude values are entered in DMS (Degrees Minutes Second) format.

The DMS format is DD°MM'SS" or DD MM SS

Examples:

39 00 53.57 N, 104 07 19.45 W

DMS. Space separating values

39° 00' 53.57"N, 97° 07' 19.45"W

DMS. Spaces and ° ' " symbols

39.15361, -97.57194

DD. A number. No N, S, E, W direction

Hint: DMS elements less than 10 must be written with a leading 0. Like 00 or 07. See examples above.