Word Origin & History. amber mid-14c., ambergris, from O.Fr. ambre, from M.L. ambar, from Arabic 'anbar amber, a word brought home to Europe by the Crusaders. The sense was extended to fossil resin c.1400, which has become the main sense as the use of ambergris has waned. This formerly was known as white or yellow amber. In Fr., they are distinguished as ambre gris and amber jaune. Cf. also electric.
It depends on how closely he needs to describe the location. One degree of latitude is one nautical mile or about 6000 feet, so one second is about 100 feet. The fractions of a second are pretty useless, but degrees, minutes, and seconds are reasonable.
One meter equals 39.37 inches, which is approximately 3 feet 3 inches. One meter is, therefore, slightly longer than a yardstick. The foot is the standard unit of length in the system of measurement used primarily in the United States. The following equation allows the simple conversion between feet and meters: meter = feet / 3.2808.