1. Field Service Guide
  2. Specifications for Geocode Data

Specifications for Geocode Data

Specify the following information in geocode data:

  • Latitude format. North of the equator is positive. South of the equator is negative. The data is interpreted to 6 decimal places.

  • Longitude format. East of the prime meridian (at Greenwich, UK) is positive. West of the prime meridian is negative. The data is interpreted to 6 decimal places.

The Siebel application stores the latitude and longitude in the decimal degree format because this format is the most widely used and is easy to use for distance calculations. Most data sets are in decimal degree format. You can use the following formula to convert a data set to decimal degrees from the degrees, minutes, and seconds:

Decimal degrees = Degrees + (Minutes/60) + (Seconds/3600)

For example:

37 Degrees, 25 Minutes, 40.5 Seconds

= 37. + (25/60) + (40.5/3600)

= 37. +.416666 +.01125

= 37.427916 degrees