Updated Nov 14, 2007 v4.2
The DLL plug-in lonlat_display.dll will list via a user click the longitude and latitude in any ArcMap projected view at the bottom left corner.
ArcMap 8.3 - 9.1:
Hitting the key "C" will list and place the lon/lat values into the Windows clipboard. When holding down Shift the values will be reported in DMS. When longitude is less than 0, then it will also display longitudes in a 180 to 360 system (not to the clipboard) - often used in planetary mapping. Hit "x" to add projected X,Y values in current units to clipboard.
ArcMap 9.2:
Hitting the key "L" will list and place the lon/lat values into the Windows clipboard. When holding down Shift the values will be reported in DMS. When longitude is less than 0, then it will also display longitudes in a 180 to 360 system (not to the clipboard) - often used in planetary mapping. Hit "P" to add projected X,Y values in current units to clipboard.
Based off code from ESRI. The ability to display Lon/Lat is of course built-in to ArcMap, but I needed a clipboard tool.
History:
Sep 29, 2004: Added ArcMap 9 support.
Feb 12, 2004: Fixed icon to report true center not a hair off center.
Dec 19, 2003: Added X,Y to clipboard. Hit "x" to add X,Y in current units to clipboard.
Oct 27, 2003: Added DMS readout also. Changed from double click to key "c" for Clipboard copying.
May 15, 2003: bug squashed which fixes the tool from not turning on when an existing project was loaded.
Nov 14, 2007: In ArcMap 9.2 only I changed clipboard keys to "l", "L", and "P" because the original keys are now reserved by ArcMap.
Installation:
Uploaded as an VB DLL with VB project and code. Built in ArcMap 8.3 and ArcMap 9. Customize, add from file, creates a "USGS" catagory, drag "LL" icon to a toolbar. The tool will enable when a data frame has a geographic coordinate or projected coordinate system set.
Version 4.2, Nov 14, 2007
Trent Hare - USGS
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