Angle Units

Select the format to be used for the angle units:

• DDD.MMSS stands for degrees, minutes and seconds. This is the most commonly used format.

Decimals of a second can be applied, for example: 126° 25' 40.32

• DDD.DDDD stands for degrees and decimals of a degree.
• GRADS (also known as gradians or gons)

A unit of angular measure in which the angle of an entire circle is 400 gradians. A right angle is therefore 100 gradians.

One grad equals 9/10 of a degree or /200 of a radian.

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