# DMS to DD conversion?

**URL:** <https://community.cesium.com/t/dms-to-dd-conversion/462>\
**Category:** CesiumJS\
**Created:** [May 14, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/dms-to-dd-conversion/462 "2013-05-14T18:22:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![David\_Hite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba9def/32.png) [@David\_Hite](https://community.cesium.com/u/David_Hite)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/dms-to-dd-conversion/462/1 "2013-05-14T18:22:54Z")

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Is there a conversion routine from Degrees-Minutes-Seconds into Decimal Degrees? and vice versa?

How about UTM or other coordinate systems?

Thanks!

-Dave

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**Author:** ![patrick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/cesium/user_avatar/community.cesium.com/patrick/32/2045_2.png) [@patrick](https://community.cesium.com/u/patrick)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 12:14pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/dms-to-dd-conversion/462/2 "2013-05-15T12:14:55Z")

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Hi Dave,

> Degrees-Minutes-Seconds into Decimal Degrees

I don’t believe so, but it shouldn’t be too hard to implement. Contributions welcome, of course. 🙂

> How about UTM or other coordinate systems?

We have WGS84, local east-north-up and east-north-down, and ICRF (for small) transforms. See [Transforms.js](https://github.com/AnalyticalGraphicsInc/cesium/blob/master/Source/Core/Transforms.js). For UTM, you may be able to integrate a library like [proj4.js](http://trac.osgeo.org/proj4js/) or do it server-side with [GDAL](http://www.gdal.org/).

Regards,

Patrick

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**Author:** ![MUKUND\_THAKARE](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/cesium/user_avatar/community.cesium.com/mukund_thakare/32/7595_2.png) [@MUKUND\_THAKARE](https://community.cesium.com/u/MUKUND_THAKARE)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 5:54am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/dms-to-dd-conversion/462/3 "2022-10-11T05:54:18Z")

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Hello @patrick  
Is there any update on supporting this particular feature, Like converting DD to DMS and vice versa ?

Thank you !!
