Convert decimal coordinate into degrees, minutes, seconds, direction

Question

I have the following so far, but can\'t figure out a tidy way to get the direction letters in without a bunch of messy if statements. Any ideas? Ideally I\'d like to extend

Answer 1

Here's some Objective-C based on Daniel's solution above:

- (NSString*)coordinateString {

    int latSeconds = (int)(self.latitude * 3600);
    int latDegrees = latSeconds / 3600;
    latSeconds = ABS(latSeconds % 3600);
    int latMinutes = latSeconds / 60;
    latSeconds %= 60;

    int longSeconds = (int)(self.longitude * 3600);
    int longDegrees = longSeconds / 3600;
    longSeconds = ABS(longSeconds % 3600);
    int longMinutes = longSeconds / 60;
    longSeconds %= 60;

    NSString* result = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d°%d'%d\"%@ %d°%d'%d\"%@",
                        ABS(latDegrees),
                        latMinutes,
                        latSeconds,
                        latDegrees >= 0 ? @"N" : @"S",
                        ABS(longDegrees),
                        longMinutes,
                        longSeconds,
                        longDegrees >= 0 ? @"E" : @"W"];

    return result;    
}