- Status: open --> closed
I'm a sailor on a navigational academy. We do a lot of calculations that inlude positions in the format nnn DEGREE nn MINUTE nnnn DECIMAL MINUTE. This is due to the fact that modern GPS give a more precice position than the original nnn DEGREE nn MINUTE nn SECONDS annotation. The annotation in practice is fx 54º04'4 N. In calculate I would have to manually corret the last 0.4 minuts into seconds (i.e. 4X6 = 24 seconds), before I can use it in my calculations - the correct annotation would then be 54:04:24. This is hignly timeconsuming when during more complicated calculations than addition/subtraction.
So: would it in any way be possible to change calculate, so I wouldn't get an erro if I typed in fx 54:04.4? I mean, so it automatically gets translated into 54:04:24? This would really make a lot of people on my and similar schools' life easier!