Modify encode method to resemble other implementations #706
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This modifies the encode method in VB to resemble the other implementations.
Because it is used by both Excel and LibreOffice as a Basic macro, it is limited by both languages. The main hit is that LibreOffice only has 32-bit longs, which are not big enough to hold the integer converted latitude and longitude.
A solution is to use doubles instead of the integer types, since they do allow representing large numbers.