Adding lat long display on map
I am trying to move from ArcMap to GM. If I add a point on my downloaded image with digitizer tool how do I get the lat long or any coordinates to be displaced next to the point - on the map. Thanks
Answers
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Hi,
You can do this manually if it is for one point only. The point must be on its own layer. Tip: Make use of DESCRIPTION (found by Right-clicking layers) to rename and default layer names such as 'User Created Features'- Use the Info Feature Tool
- Copy all the relevant Lat/Lon text found in Geometry
- Select the Layer containing you single point (make sure it contains only [1 feature]
- Options
- Feature Types/Labels/Elevations tab
- Enable 'Use Custom Formatting String for Name
- Setup
- Paste coordinates and edit as required
- Ok
- Yes
- Temporarily change your projection to Geographic (Configuration > Projection)
- Ok
- Right-click the layer containing all your points
- SELECT (this selects them all)
- Select the Digitizer Tool
- Right-click anywhere on the map
- Attribute/Style Function
- Add Coordinate/Bounds Attributes to selected features
- Ok
- Change your projection back to what it was
- Use the Info Feature Tool on any point and note that an X and Y Attribute has been added with Lat/Lon values
- Close that box
- Click on the layer containing all your points
- Options
- Feature Types/Labels/Elevations tab
- Enable 'Use Custom Formatting String for Name
- You can create any custom string to display the values as you like by mixing text with the X Y attributes. You must place each attribute between a pair of % sign e.g. %X% or %Y%
- Lat %Y% Lon %X% = Lat 51° 28' 53.6916" N Lon 3° 10' 44.7240" W
- Lat/Lon (%Y%, %X%) = Lat/Lon (51° 28' 53.6916" N, 3° 10' 44.7240" W)
Steve -
sphillips said:Hi,
You can do this manually if it is for one point only. The point must be on its own layer. Tip: Make use of DESCRIPTION (found by Right-clicking layers) to rename and default layer names such as 'User Created Features'- Use the Info Feature Tool
- Copy all the relevant Lat/Lon text found in Geometry
- Select the Layer containing you single point (make sure it contains only [1 feature]
- Options
- Feature Types/Labels/Elevations tab
- Enable 'Use Custom Formatting String for Name
- Setup
- Paste coordinates and edit as required
- Ok
- Yes
- Temporarily change your projection to Geographic (Configuration > Projection)
- Ok
- Right-click the layer containing all your points
- SELECT (this selects them all)
- Select the Digitizer Tool
- Right-click anywhere on the map
- Attribute/Style Function
- Add Coordinate/Bounds Attributes to selected features
- Ok
- Change your projection back to what it was
- Use the Info Feature Tool on any point and note that an X and Y Attribute has been added with Lat/Lon values
- Close that box
- Click on the layer containing all your points
- Options
- Feature Types/Labels/Elevations tab
- Enable 'Use Custom Formatting String for Name
- You can create any custom string to display the values as you like by mixing text with the X Y attributes. You must place each attribute between a pair of % sign e.g. %X% or %Y%
- Lat %Y% Lon %X% = Lat 51° 28' 53.6916" N Lon 3° 10' 44.7240" W
- Lat/Lon (%Y%, %X%) = Lat/Lon (51° 28' 53.6916" N, 3° 10' 44.7240" W)
Steve
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