duckduckgo/zeroclickinfo-goodies — pull request #524 by wilkox (2014-07-01 09:35:06+00:00)
Title: Add latitude/longitude conversion Goodie

**What does your instant answer do?**
Converts latitudes and longitudes between degree-minute-second (DMS) and decimal format.

**What problem does your instant answer solve (Why is it better than organic links)?**
The user is looking for a calculation result, not a page of information.

**What is the data source for your instant answer? (Provide a link if possible)**
N/A

**Why did you choose this data source?**
N/A

**Are there any other alternative (better) data sources?**
N/A

**What are some example queries that trigger this instant answer?**
`71° 10' 3" in decimal`
`convert 1.1123 degrees north to degrees-minutes-seconds`

**Which communities will this instant answer be especially useful for? (gamers, book lovers, etc)**
Geocachers, hikers and orienteers, scientists.

**Is this instant answer connected to a DuckDuckHack [instant answer idea](https://duck.co/ideas)?**
Yup, [this one](https://duck.co/ideas/idea/49/decimal-degrees-in-degree-minute-second)

**Which existing instant answers will this one supercede/overlap with?**
Possibly Conversions and anything to do with trigonometry, but I've tried to filter those out.

**Are you having any problems? Do you need our help with anything?**
There are probably lots of weird edge cases that could break this, so please suggest any ideas for additional test cases!

**\*\*Note:** Please attach a screenshot for new instant answer pull requests, and for pull requests which modify the look/design of existing instant answers.
![image](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/726198/3441216/dafc24c6-0101-11e4-89a6-690140fa8e77.png)

## Checklist
Please place an 'X' where appropriate.

```
[X] Added metadata and attribution information
[X] Wrote test file and added to t/ directory
[Xish] Verified that instant answer adheres to design guidelines(https://github.com/duckduckgo/duckduckgo-documentation/blob/master/duckduckhack/styleguides/design_styleguide.md)
[X] Tested cross-browser compatability

Please let us know which browsers/devices you've tested on:
- Windows 8
[] Google Chrome
[] Firefox
[] Opera
[] IE 10

- Windows 7
[] Google Chrome
[] Firefox
[] Opera
[] IE 8
[] IE 9
[] IE 10

- Windows XP
[] IE 7
[] IE 8

- Mac OSX
[X] Google Chrome
[X] Firefox
[] Opera
[X] Safari

- iOS (iPhone)
[] Safari Mobile
[] Google Chrome
[] Opera

- iOS (iPad)
[] Safari Mobile
[] Google Chrome
[] Opera

- Android
[] Firefox
[] Native Browser
[] Google Chrome
[] Opera
```