Saturday, December 2, 2006

Roberts Church - Anderson County (Sign 4-23)



Organized by 1789 and sometimes called Simpson's Meetinghouse, this church is one of Anderson County's oldest Presbyterian churches. The Reverand John Simpson was the first minister, and the Reverend David Humphreys served here for 39 years until his death in 1869. Both men are burried in the church cemetery. The present sanctuary was built in 1937.

Sign Erected by The Congregation - 1987

Mappoint Link
Link to Mappoint

Converting Geocode Minutes / Seconds to Decimal Format

I had the problem of getting a coordinate from my GPS unit in the following format
34.27.48, -82.47.28 which is giving me coordinates in degrees, minutes and seconds. I was trying to use some of the free mapping tools but they are requiring the latitude and longitude to be in decimal format.

Here a handy conversion tool you can use online

http://gis.ncsa.uiuc.edu/dmsdec.html