Okay, I don't know the term for this kind of operation,

google is your friend

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_conversion#Coordinate_format_conversion

60 seconds in a minute, and 60 minutes in a degree

thus 38 degrees and 25 minutes =
38 + 25/60 = 38.4166667 degrees

>>308854

"minute" uses the circular clock as a model to easily visualize angle fractions.
The cirlce on the clock has 60 minutes, so one minute is 1/60 of a degree.

>>308867
I'll try this. Thanks.

Like I mentioned, I didn't know what search terms to use, so I just went on a goose search for twenty minutes. I figured I should come here.

File: Brown-kiwi-chick-Credit-Tristan-Tuckey.jpg (298KB, 680x1024px) Image search: [Google]

298KB, 680x1024px

>>308867
It worked. Thank you

>>308878

The model is continued this way, there are also angle seconds, as expected one second then is 1/(60*60) = 1/3600 of a degree.

>>308878
>search terms
"convert degrees minutes to degrees"