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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TriHonu" data-source="post: 9482" data-attributes="member: 897">If you enter 43 51.468N 070 54.828W in Google Maps you will get a location North of Parsonsfield Maine. Both Google Earth and Google Maps require you to enter the coordinates as LATITUDE then LONGITUDE. The coordinates he gave are actually 43 degrees, 51.468 minutes North Latitude by 70 degrees, 54.828 minutes West Longitude.Which is the same as 43 degrees 51 minutes and 28.08 seconds North Latitude by 70 degrees, 54 minutes, and 49.68 seconds West Latitude and could be entered in Google Earth or Google Maps as 43 51' 28.08"N 070 54' 49.68"W The earth is a circle divided into 360 degrees.  Each Degree can be divided into 60 pieces each of these pieces is a Minute of angle or 1/60th of a degree.  Each Minute can be divided into 60 pieces which are defined as Seconds of angle or 1/360th of a degree. Positions on earth can be described as so many degrees north or south of the Equator and so many degrees east or west of Greenwich England which was adopted as the Prime Meridian (0 degrees of Longitude)</blockquote>