Coordinate conversion - Reading GPS from Bluetooth external device

[acalabro]

Hi all,
I 'm developing on J2ME.

Reading coordinates from external gps.
Evaluating the GPGGA string.

The latitude value is represented in DDMM.MMMM format
and longitude value in DDD.MM.MMMM format.

To convert on DD.DDDD value, I do in this way:

DD + (mm.mmmm / 60)
and
DDD + (mm.mmmm/60)

in this way, the mapped position is moved from the real position of 7~9 meters.

I think there's an approssimation error on the division, anyone can suggest me a better kind of conversion?


Thanks

[ektasrv]

Try this - FN Wiki code example for the same - http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.ph..._Bluetooth_GPS

[blazinecpr]

Give a try to http://en.tixik.com/tools/gps, there is a simple converter I use for mobile converting of data found on websites and transforming into gps software