I have been given coordinate for a GPS point and need to plot the point on our GIS system.
This is the coordinates:
39 13.532 -79 40.027
I know about the Degrees Minutes Seconds format and decimal format, but I don't know what this format is or how to import it into the system.
I can put this into Bing Maps and it comes close to the location of where the point should be, but it off by a few hundred feet. So I'm assuming it's due to differing coordinate/datum systems. I will need to get with them to verify their settings, but will need to project to our data which is NAD_1983_StatePlane_West_Virginia_North_FIPS_4701_Feet.
The main question I guess is what to do with these coordinates - I don't know how to work with this format and what's the best way to get them into the ArcMap software?
Thanks!
Hi Andrew,
It looks like your coordinates are in Degrees Decimal Minutes. You will likely need to convert them to decimal degrees(not too terribly hard, do a google search for how to convert). Then you should be able to import the lat/long into arcgis.