diff --git a/src/tags_int.cpp b/src/tags_int.cpp
index 55d80b82..8150c4a9 100644
--- a/src/tags_int.cpp
+++ b/src/tags_int.cpp
@@ -2625,14 +2625,33 @@ namespace Exiv2 {
     {
         std::ios::fmtflags f( os.flags() );
         if (value.count() == 3) {
-            static const char* unit[] = { " deg", "'", "\"" };
-            for (int i = 0; i < value.count() ; ++i) {
-                const int v = (int) (value.toFloat(i)+0.5f); // nearest integer
-                os << (i != 0? " " : "") << v << unit[i];
+            Rational deg = value.toRational(0);
+            Rational min = value.toRational(1);
+            Rational sec = value.toRational(2);
+            if ((deg.second != 1) || (min.second == 0) || (sec.second == 0)) {
+                return os << "(" << value << ")";
             }
+            const int32_t dd = deg.first;
+            const int32_t mm = min.first / min.second;
+            const int32_t rem = min.first % min.second;
+            if ((min.second > 1) && (rem > 0)) {
+                if ((sec.first == 0) && (sec.second == 1)) {
+                    sec.first = 60 * rem;
+                    sec.second = min.second;
+                } else {
+                    return os << "(" << value << ")";
+                }
+            }
+            const float ss = (float)sec.first / sec.second;
+            os << dd << " deg ";
+            os << mm << "' ";
+            std::ostringstream oss;
+            oss.copyfmt(os);
+            os << std::fixed << std::setprecision(sec.second > 1 ? 2 : 0) << ss << "\"";
+            os.copyfmt(oss);
         }
         else {
-            os << value;
+            os << "(" << value << ")";
         }
         os.flags(f);
         return os;
diff --git a/tests/bugfixes/redmine/test_issue_1024.py b/tests/bugfixes/redmine/test_issue_1024.py
index 07a83209..8a3a3ac4 100644
--- a/tests/bugfixes/redmine/test_issue_1024.py
+++ b/tests/bugfixes/redmine/test_issue_1024.py
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ class CheckRegularExpressionSupport(metaclass=system_tests.CaseMeta):
     commands = [ "$exiv2 -pa --grep gpsl/i $filename" ]
 
     stdout = [ """Exif.GPSInfo.GPSLatitudeRef                  Ascii       2  North
-Exif.GPSInfo.GPSLatitude                     Rational    3  52 deg 4' 0"
+Exif.GPSInfo.GPSLatitude                     Rational    3  52 deg 3' 49.02"
 Exif.GPSInfo.GPSLongitudeRef                 Ascii       2  East
-Exif.GPSInfo.GPSLongitude                    Rational    3  1 deg 14' 0"
+Exif.GPSInfo.GPSLongitude                    Rational    3  1 deg 13' 49.16"
 """
     ]
     stderr = [""]
diff --git a/tests/bugfixes/redmine/test_issue_1137.py b/tests/bugfixes/redmine/test_issue_1137.py
index 51b30d48..d6d0293e 100644
--- a/tests/bugfixes/redmine/test_issue_1137.py
+++ b/tests/bugfixes/redmine/test_issue_1137.py
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ set Exif.GPSInfo.GPSLongitude                     1/1 495984/10000 0/1
         output_grep_GPSL,
         "",
         """Exif.GPSInfo.GPSLatitudeRef                  Ascii       2  North
-Exif.GPSInfo.GPSLatitude                     Rational    3  51 deg 11' 0"
+Exif.GPSInfo.GPSLatitude                     Rational    3  51 deg 10' 41.81"
 Exif.GPSInfo.GPSLongitudeRef                 Ascii       2  West
-Exif.GPSInfo.GPSLongitude                    Rational    3  1 deg 50' 0"
+Exif.GPSInfo.GPSLongitude                    Rational    3  1 deg 49' 35.90"
 """
     ]
diff --git a/tests/bugfixes/redmine/test_issue_528.py b/tests/bugfixes/redmine/test_issue_528.py
index c3012eff..635fa9d3 100644
--- a/tests/bugfixes/redmine/test_issue_528.py
+++ b/tests/bugfixes/redmine/test_issue_528.py
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ Exif.Photo.Saturation                        Short       1  Normal
 Exif.Image.GPSTag                            Long        1  870
 Exif.GPSInfo.GPSVersionID                    Byte        4  2.0.0.0
 Exif.GPSInfo.GPSLatitudeRef                  Ascii       2  North
-Exif.GPSInfo.GPSLatitude                     Rational    3  47 deg 36' 58"
+Exif.GPSInfo.GPSLatitude                     Rational    3  47 deg 36' 58.02"
 Exif.GPSInfo.GPSLongitudeRef                 Ascii       2  East
-Exif.GPSInfo.GPSLongitude                    Rational    3  1 deg 31' 1"
+Exif.GPSInfo.GPSLongitude                    Rational    3  1 deg 31' 0.94"
 Exif.GPSInfo.GPSAltitudeRef                  Byte        1  Above sea level
 Exif.GPSInfo.GPSAltitude                     Rational    1  86 m
 Exif.Thumbnail.Compression                   Short       1  JPEG (old-style)