[Taxacom] Impossible geocodes

[Curtis Clark]

On 2015-01-30 11:17 AM, Tom Schweich wrote:
> Also, my experience is that converting DMS to something mapable, i.e.,
> DD, carries a significant risk of error.

Someone else mentioned this as well, and I find it puzzling, Assuming no 
change in datum, it would seem to me that the conversion is simple, 
round-trippable, and subject only to rounding effects.

decimal degrees = degrees + minutes/60 + seconds/3600

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