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Computer Science v.s. Computer Information Systems v.s. Management Information Systems

From the opinions of professional world perspectives, what are the respective differences between CS, CIS and MIS? I'm asking this because I'm going to school ready to start a Computer Science program track (out of the previously mentioned). Programming is taught through the three of them (basics of C++ and Java) but how are they appli...

Can Google Maps plot points based on Hours Minutes Seconds

I'm trying to plot out GPS data that is given to me in Hour Minute Second degree format. Will GLatLng take it in this form or do I need to convert it first. Having a hard time finding anything on the internet about this. If it can take it in this format an example would be much appreciated. ...

CLLocationManager and degrees of heading in iPhone

Using the CLLocationManager object's didUpdateHeading event, how do I convert the resulting heading.x and heading.y values into degrees I can plot onto an image of a compass? ...

Lat Long to Minutes and Seconds?

Google Maps gives me the Lat and Long of a location in decimal notation like this: 38.203655,-76.113281 How do I convert those to Coords (Degrees, Minutes , Seconds) ...

Why does OpenGL use degrees instead of radians?

The OpenGL designers were never afraid of mathematics, and knowledge of linear algebra is essential for all but the simplest OpenGL applications. I think it can safely be assumed that OpenGL programmers are familiar with angles in radians. Mathematically, radians are more elegant than degrees in every respect. They also have practical a...

AS3 equivalent of PHP's deg2rad

Hey all, what is the Actionscript 3 equivalent of PHP's deg2rad function? ...

cos result incorrect

I import "math.h". I can use the cos function, but when I execute cos(0.321139585333178) the result is 0.948876 If I use the calculator in Mac or use a normal calculator, the result is 0.999984292347418 Can anyone help me to solve that problem? ...

Calculating degrees between 2 points with inverse Y axis

I'm creating a simple 2D game in javascript/canvas. I need to figure out the angle of a certain object relative to my position. So: say I'm at (10,10) and the object is at (10,5) - that would result in 90 degrees (as positive Y is down, negative Y is up) (10,10) vs (10,15) would be 270 degrees. How would I go about this? ...

import degree symbol (°) from excel or csv file to mssql database

I have a field in my csv file which contains the text: Frozen at 20°C but when i import into my database it appears as: Frozen at 20�C anyone know how i can keep the correct degree symbol? my import code looks like this string fieldValue = csv[i].Trim(); ...