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Format coordinates in a variety of common notations.

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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

Get or create a MapPoint with a spatial reference.
Use one of the static "to" methods on CoordinateFormatter such as CoordinateFormatter.ToLatitudeLongitude(point, CoordinateFormatter.LatitudeLongitudeFormat.DecimalDegrees, 4) to get the formatted string.
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

Sample Code

FormatCoordinates.xaml

FormatCoordinates.xaml.cs

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﻿<UserControl x:Class="ArcGISRuntime.WPF.Samples.FormatCoordinates.FormatCoordinates"
             xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
             xmlns:esri="http://schemas.esri.com/arcgis/runtime/2013">
    <UserControl.Resources>
        <Style TargetType="TextBlock">
            <Setter Property="Margin" Value="0,5,5,0" />
        </Style>
        <Style TargetType="TextBox">
            <Setter Property="Margin" Value="0,5,0,0" />
        </Style>
    </UserControl.Resources>
    <Grid>
        <esri: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="*" />
                </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                <TextBlock Grid.Row="0"
                           Grid.Column="0"
                           Grid.ColumnSpan="2"
                           Margin="0,0,0,0"
                           FontWeight="SemiBold"
                           Text="Tap on the map to see the coordinates in each format. Update any value and select 'Recalculate' to see the updated coordinates."
                           TextWrapping="Wrap" />
                <TextBlock Grid.Row="1"
                           Grid.Column="0"
                           HorizontalAlignment="Right"
                           Text="Decimal Degrees" />
                <TextBox x:Name="DecimalDegreesTextField"
                         Grid.Row="1"
                         Grid.Column="1"
                         Tag="Decimal Degrees" />
                <TextBlock Grid.Row="2"
                           Grid.Column="0"
                           HorizontalAlignment="Right"
                           Text="Degrees, Minutes, Seconds" />
                <TextBox x:Name="DmsTextField"
                         Grid.Row="2"
                         Grid.Column="1"
                         Tag="Degrees, Minutes, Seconds" />
                <TextBlock Grid.Row="3"
                           Grid.Column="0"
                           HorizontalAlignment="Right"
                           Text="UTM" />
                <TextBox x:Name="UtmTextField"
                         Grid.Row="3"
                         Grid.Column="1"
                         Tag="UTM" />
                <TextBlock Grid.Row="4"
                           Grid.Column="0"
                           HorizontalAlignment="Right"
                           Text="USNG" />
                <TextBox x:Name="UsngTextField"
                         Grid.Row="4"
                         Grid.Column="1"
                         Tag="USNG" />
                <Button Grid.Row="5"
                        Grid.Column="0"
                        Grid.ColumnSpan="2"
                        Margin="0,5,0,0"
                        Click="RecalculateFields"
                        Content="Recalculate" />
            </Grid>
        </Border>
    </Grid>
</UserControl>