code: private long[][] getLatitude( String lat ) {
  
          float secs = Float.parseFloat("0" + lat.substring(4)) * 60.f;
          long nom = (long) (secs * 1000);
  
          long[][] latl = new long[][]{{Long.parseLong(lat.substring(0, 2)), 1}, {Long.parseLong(lat.substring(2, 4)), 1},
                  {nom, 1000}};
  
          return latl;
      }
docs: assumes the the format is HHMM.MMMM