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Re: elisp program nautical - more elegant way?

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Here's something to hopefully give a happy moment-out and deserve some
comment...

Places in the world...

For each place / location, final line is "human-readable" but can be
pasted back into "Google Maps" and will take you back to the place
for which the degrees-decimal were obtained.

;;; Berry Head lighthouse 50.39954886056384, -3.483553379652956
(lat-long-degdeci-to-dms 50.39954886056384 -3.483553379652956)
;; "050d 23' 58.4'' N   003d 29' 00.8'' W"
050 23' 58.4" N   003 29' 00.8" W

;; Cape Cornwall chimney 50.127233, -5.708794 
(lat-long-degdeci-to-dms 50.127233 -5.708794)
;; "050d 07' 38.0'' N   005d 42' 31.7'' W"
050 07' 38.0" N   005 42' 31.7" W

;;; Towanroath engine house 50.305071211684954, -5.233053296845487
(lat-long-degdeci-to-dms 50.305071211684954 -5.233053296845487)
;; "050d 18' 18.3'' N   005d 13' 59.0'' W"
050 18' 18.3" N   005 13' 59.0" W

;;; Lizard lighthouse 49.960201393209225, -5.202149785205921
(lat-long-degdeci-to-dms 49.960201393209225 -5.202149785205921)
;; "049d 57' 36.7'' N   005d 12' 07.7'' W"
049 57' 36.7" N   005 12' 07.7" W

;;; Land's End - the sign  50.066310, -5.714791
(lat-long-degdeci-to-dms 50.066310 -5.714791)
;; "050d 03' 58.7'' N   005d 42' 53.2'' W"
050 03' 58.7" N   005 42' 53.2" W

;;; Clovelly harbour light 50.998692, -4.396671
(lat-long-degdeci-to-dms 50.998692 -4.396671)
;; "050d 59' 55.3'' N   004d 23' 48.0'' W"
050 59' 55.3" N   004 23' 48.0" W

;;; Sydney harbour bridge -33.85209267729446, 151.21082583826686
(lat-long-degdeci-to-dms -33.85209267729446 151.21082583826686)
;; "033d 51' 07.5'' S   151d 12' 39.0'' E"
033 51' 07.5" S   151 12' 39.0" E

;; Rio de Janeiro Christ monument -22.952419527785423, -43.21046976961246
(lat-long-degdeci-to-dms -22.952419527785423 -43.21046976961246)
;; "022d 57' 08.7'' S   043d 12' 37.7'' W"
022 57' 08.7" S   043 12' 37.7" W

;;; Yosemite Glacier Point 37.73048860656887, -119.57375861559764
(lat-long-degdeci-to-dms 37.73048860656887 -119.57375861559764)
;; "037d 43' 49.8'' N   119d 34' 25.5'' W"
037 43' 49.8" N   119 34' 25.5" W

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