Meters to Degrees ?? Possible?
Meters to Degrees ?? Possible?
by Aruny Kand on 03/15/04 at 16:37:37
Hi I was wondering if it is possible to convert from a meter, to degrees?
Thanks
Re: Meters to Degrees ?? Possible?
by Albert on 03/16/04 at 05:09:23
Nope,
Degrees is a unit for angles, Meter is a unit for length.
Re: Meters to Degrees ?? Possible?
by Robert Fogt on 03/16/04 at 14:23:49
Is this degree latitude/longitude that you meant?
The distance between degrees latitude and longitude varies, since it is based on the shape of the Earth, which is not quite spherical.
I have heard people say 1 degree = 60 nautical miles, but that is an average distance between 1 degree latitude. The distance between 1 degree longitude actually varies greatly, between 0 and 69 miles, so you cant really approximate that.
I believe the only way to convert latitude/longitude degrees to distance, would be by looking up the values in a database, probably what places such as MapQuest and Yahoo Maps use.