Radio-Locator Help Page

Searching by Geographic Location

Enter your latitude and longitude in the boxes to specify a location, or click the geo-locator button to use your current location.

Click the rectangular buttons to choose one of three ways of entering the coordinates:

Degrees, Minutes & Seconds: d°m's"

Enter the coordinate as whole degrees, whole minutes (60ths of a degree), and whole seconds (60ths of a minute). Be sure that the correct hemisphere is chosen (North or South for latitude and East or West for longitude).

For example, the coordinates for Times Square in New York City can be expressed as:
40° 45' 28" N.
73° 59' 9" W.

Degrees & Decimal Minutes d°m.m'

Enter the coordinate as whole degrees, and the minutes as a decimal fraction.

For example, the coordinates for Times Square can be expressed as:
40° 45.467' N.
73° 59.150' W.

Decmial Degrees d.d°

Enter the coordinates as decimal degrees. With this format, use positive numbers to specify the Northern and Eastern hemispheres, and negative numbers to specify Southern or Western hemispheres. (Hint: most of the U.S. is in the Western Hemisphere, so longitude should be negative.)

For example, the coordinates of Times Square can be written as:
40.75778°
-73.98583°

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