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+//
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+//
+//
+// Use of this sample source code is subject to the terms of the Microsoft
+// license agreement under which you licensed this sample source code. If
+// you did not accept the terms of the license agreement, you are not
+// authorized to use this sample source code. For the terms of the license,
+// please see the license agreement between you and Microsoft or, if applicable,
+// see the LICENSE.RTF on your install media or the root of your tools installation.
+// THE SAMPLE SOURCE CODE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITH NO WARRANTIES OR INDEMNITIES.
+//
+#region Using directives
+
+using System;
+
+#endregion
+
+namespace GMap.NET.GPS
+{
+   /// <summary>
+   /// class that represents a gps coordinate in degrees, minutes, and seconds.  
+   /// </summary>
+   public class DegreesMinutesSeconds
+   {
+
+      bool isPositive;
+      /// <summary>
+      /// Returns true if the degrees, minutes and seconds refer to a positive value,
+      /// false otherwise.
+      /// </summary>
+      public bool IsPositive
+      {
+         get
+         {
+            return isPositive;
+         }
+      }
+
+      uint degrees;
+      /// <summary>
+      /// The degrees unit of the coordinate
+      /// </summary>
+      public uint Degrees
+      {
+         get
+         {
+            return degrees;
+         }
+      }
+
+      uint minutes;
+      /// <summary>
+      /// The minutes unit of the coordinate
+      /// </summary>
+      public uint Minutes
+      {
+         get
+         {
+            return minutes;
+         }
+      }
+
+      double seconds;
+      /// <summary>
+      /// The seconds unit of the coordinate
+      /// </summary>
+      public double Seconds
+      {
+         get
+         {
+            return seconds;
+         }
+      }
+
+      /// <summary>
+      /// Constructs a new instance of DegreesMinutesSeconds converting 
+      /// from decimal degrees
+      /// </summary>
+      /// <param name="decimalDegrees">Initial value as decimal degrees</param>
+      public DegreesMinutesSeconds(double decimalDegrees)
+      {
+         isPositive = (decimalDegrees > 0);
+
+         degrees = (uint) Math.Abs(decimalDegrees);
+
+         double doubleMinutes = (Math.Abs(decimalDegrees) - Math.Abs((double) degrees)) * 60.0;
+         minutes = (uint) doubleMinutes;
+
+         seconds = (doubleMinutes - (double) minutes) * 60.0;
+      }
+
+      /// <summary>
+      /// Constructs a new instance of DegreesMinutesSeconds
+      /// </summary>
+      /// <param name="isPositive">True if the coordinates are positive coordinate, false if they
+      /// are negative coordinates.</param>
+      /// <param name="degrees">Degrees unit of the coordinate</param>
+      /// <param name="minutes">Minutes unit of the coordinate</param>
+      /// <param name="seconds">Seconds unit of the coordinate. This should be a positive value.</param>
+      public DegreesMinutesSeconds(bool isPositive, uint degrees, uint minutes, double seconds)
+      {
+         this.isPositive = isPositive;
+         this.degrees = degrees;
+         this.minutes = minutes;
+         this.seconds = seconds;
+      }
+
+      /// <summary>
+      /// Converts the decimal, minutes, seconds coordinate to 
+      /// decimal degrees
+      /// </summary>
+      /// <returns></returns>
+      public double ToDecimalDegrees()
+      {
+         double val = (double) degrees + ((double) minutes / 60.0) + ((double) seconds / 3600.0);
+         val = isPositive ? val : val * -1;
+         return val;
+      }
+
+      /// <summary>
+      /// Converts the instance to a string in format: D M' S"
+      /// </summary>
+      /// <returns>string representation of degrees, minutes, seconds</returns>
+      public override string ToString()
+      {
+         return degrees + "d " + minutes + "' " + seconds + "\"";
+      }
+   }
+}