3746296N

3746296N is a geographic coordinate string that can be interpreted as a latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds with a trailing N for the northern hemisphere. When read as 37 degrees, 46 minutes, and 29.6 seconds, it corresponds to 37°46′29.6″N. The absence of any longitude information means this alone does not identify a single location; it specifies a line of latitude at 37°46′29.6″N.

Conversions to decimal degrees are common for computational use. For 37°46′29.6″N, decimal degrees are approximately 37 + 46/60 + 29.6/3600 ≈ 37.77489°N. This conversion facilitates use in mapping software and geographic databases that operate with decimal coordinates.

Usage and considerations. Such compact encodings appear in some datasets, maps, or domain-specific protocols where space is limited or where coordinates are stored in fixed-width fields. They are typically paired with a longitude value in the same dataset or with a separate field indicating longitude. Because multiple encoding schemes exist, it is important to confirm the data source’s format. Without a longitude, 3746296N identifies a latitude line rather than a single geographic point.