The correct coordinates format for Virtual Earth

I am getting coordinate information using a GPS receiver using NMEA. I
am not sure what format this is but an example of what it looks like
is shown below

latitude: 53.046574 longitude: -7.153381

Does anyone know what format this is? and what format I need to used
it with Microsoft Virtual Earth or google maps? and if so, how I
convert to this format.


Thanks in Advance,

Sean

ryano wrote:


Those are decimal degrees. To convert to degrees minutes seconds
you can use an online resource here:

http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/DDDMMSS-decimal.html

(Type in the pink box).

If you want to do it longhand, there's a tutorial here:

http://geography.about.com/library/howto/htdegrees.htm


Google takes several formats and decimal degrees are one of them.
Enter the data as shown below:

53.046574 -7.153381

Jim Townsend wrote:


PS.. I don't know about Microsoft Virtual Earth. I've never used it.