However, welcome news regarding Scottâs future came early in 1919 with the War Departmentâs decision to purchase Scott Field. Scottâs central location and the exceptional price of $119,285.84 influenced this decision and set the stage for Scott Air Force Baseâs amazing military future. In 1920, the government decided that the field should be turned over to the lighter-than-air branch of the Air Corps.
40075.02 / 360 / 60 = 1.8553 km. One minute of longitude on equator is 1.8553 km. Please note - on equator (i.e. on 0 degree of latitude)! Because the length of parallels decrease toward the north or south pole, the length (in km or miles) of minute of longitude differs for different latitudes.
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds to Decimal Degrees calculator and vice-versa. Overwrite the default numbers in the blue boxes below with the latitude or longitude of your location. Input positive numbers only (e.g. 0 to 360 deg). The calculation equation is simply: Decimal degrees = whole number of degrees, plus minutes divided by 60, plus seconds divided by 3600. Reverse process: Input decimal degrees and the result is given in deg/min/sec format. If you have a GPS receiver the display may be Longitude 117 degrees and 29.842 minutes. In this case use the first two blue boxes above and put figure 0 (i.e. zero) in the seconds box.