Quote Originally Posted by CatFan View Post
34 degrees, 53 minutes and 33.72 seconds is the Google format. The Lowrance is just set to use fractional minutes instead of seconds. 60 seconds in a minute, so your first coordinate is 34' 53.562 which you get by dividing the 33.72 by 60.
very cool info, thanks for the example and explanation, kkeping this locked away for future purposes