Format coordinates

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Format coordinates in a variety of common notations.

Images of format coordinates

Use case

The coordinate formatter can format a map location in WGS84 in a number of common coordinate notations. Parsing one of these formats to a location is also supported. Formats include decimal degrees; degrees, minutes, seconds; Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM), and United States National Grid (USNG).

How to use the sample

Click on the map to see a callout with the clicked location's coordinate formatted in 4 different ways. You can also put a coordinate string in any of these formats in the text field. Hit Enter and the coordinate string will be parsed to a map location which the callout will move to.

How it works

  1. Get or create a MapPoint with a spatial reference.
  2. Use one of the static "to" methods on CoordinateFormatter such as CoordinateFormatter.ToLatitudeLongitude(point, CoordinateFormatter.LatitudeLongitudeFormat.DecimalDegrees, 4) to get the formatted string.
  3. To go from a formatted string to a Point, use one of the "from" static methods like CoordinateFormatter.FromUtm(coordinateString, map.SpatialReference, CoordinateFormatter.UtmConversionMode.NorthSouthIndicators).

Relevant API

  • CoordinateFormatter
  • CoordinateFormatter.LatitudeLongitudeFormat
  • CoordinateFormatter.UtmConversionMode

Tags

convert, coordinate, decimal degrees, degree minutes seconds, format, latitude, longitude, USNG, UTM

Sample Code

FormatCoordinates.xamlFormatCoordinates.xamlFormatCoordinates.xaml.cs
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<UserControl
    x:Class="ArcGISRuntime.UWP.Samples.FormatCoordinates.FormatCoordinates"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:esriUI="using:Esri.ArcGISRuntime.UI.Controls">
    <UserControl.Resources>
        <Style TargetType="TextBlock">
            <Setter Property="VerticalAlignment" Value="Center" />
            <Setter Property="FontWeight" Value="SemiBold" />
            <Setter Property="HorizontalAlignment" Value="Right" />
            <Setter Property="Margin" Value="0,5,5,0" />
        </Style>
        <Style TargetType="TextBox">
            <Setter Property="Margin" Value="0,5,0,0" />
            <Setter Property="TextWrapping" Value="Wrap" />
            <Setter Property="Width" Value="210" />
        </Style>
    </UserControl.Resources>
    <Grid>
        <esriUI:MapView x:Name="MyMapView" />
        <Border Style="{StaticResource BorderStyle}">
            <Grid>
                <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                    <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
                    <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
                    <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
                    <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
                    <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
                    <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
                </Grid.RowDefinitions>
                <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                    <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
                    <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
                </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                <TextBlock
                    Text="Tap on the map to see the coordinates in each format. Update any value and tap 'Recalculate' to see the updated coordinates."
                    Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="2"
                    Margin="0,0,0,5" MaxWidth="400"
                    HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
                    TextWrapping="Wrap" />
                <TextBlock Text="Decimal Degrees:"
                           Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" />
                <TextBox x:Name="DecimalDegreesTextField"
                         Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1"
                         Tag="Decimal Degrees" />
                <TextBlock Text="DMS:"
                           Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="0" />
                <TextBox x:Name="DmsTextField"
                         Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="1"
                         Tag="Degrees, Minutes, Seconds" />
                <TextBlock Text="UTM:"
                           Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="0" />
                <TextBox x:Name="UtmTextField"
                         Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="1"
                         Tag="UTM" />
                <TextBlock Text="USNG:"
                           Grid.Row="4" Grid.Column="0" />
                <TextBox x:Name="UsngTextField"
                         Grid.Row="4" Grid.Column="1"
                         Tag="USNG" />
                <Button Content="Recalculate"
                        Grid.Row="5" Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="2"
                        HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
                        Margin="0,5,0,0"
                        Click="RecalculateFields" />
            </Grid>
        </Border>
    </Grid>
</UserControl>

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