Generate Coordinate Notations (Defense)

Summary

Converts source coordinates in a table to multiple coordinate formats.

The tool uses an input table with coordinates and outputs a new table with fields for the following coordinate formats: Decimal Degrees, Degrees and Decimal Minutes, Degrees Minutes and Seconds, Global Area Reference System, World Geographic Reference System, Universal Transverse Mercator, United States National Grid, and Military Grid Reference System.

Usage

• The output table maintains the original fields of the input table and adds text fields for the converted notations, including the following:

  • DDLat—Decimal Degrees latitude field
  • DDLon—Decimal Degrees longitude field
  • DDMLat—Degree and Decimal Minutes latitude field
  • DDMLon—Degree and Decimal Minutes longitude field
  • DMSLat—Degrees, Minutes, and Seconds latitude field
  • DMSLon—Degrees, Minutes, and Seconds longitude field
  • UTM_BANDS—Universal Transverse Mercator Bands
  • MGRS—Military Grid Reference System
  • USNG—United States National Grid
  • GARS—Global Area Reference System
  • GEOREF—World Geographic Reference System

Syntax

GenerateCoordinateNotations(in_table, out_table, x_or_lon_field, in_coordinate_format, {y_or_lat_field}, {coordinate_system})

Parameter	Explanation	Data Type
in_table	The table containing the source coordinates.	Table View
out_table	The output table containing the converted coordinates.	Table
x_or_lon_field	The field in the input table containing the x or longitude coordinates.	Field
in_coordinate_format	Specifies the format of the input table coordinates. DD_1 —Coordinates will be formatted in a decimal degrees coordinate pair stored in a single field with coordinates separated by a space, comma, or slash. DD_2 —Coordinates will be formatted in a decimal degrees coordinate pair stored in two table fields. This is the default. DDM_1 —Coordinates will be formatted in a degrees and decimal minutes coordinate pair stored in a single table field with coordinates separated by a space, comma, or slash. DDM_2 —Coordinates will be formatted in a degrees and decimal minutes coordinate pair stored in two table fields. DMS_1 —Coordinates will be formatted in a degrees, minutes, and seconds coordinate pair stored in a single table field with coordinates separated by a space, comma, or slash. DMS_2 —Coordinates will be formatted in a degrees, minutes, and seconds coordinate pair stored in two table fields. GARS —Coordinates will be formatted in Global Area Reference System. GEOREF — Coordinates will be formatted in World Geographic Reference System. UTM_BANDS —Coordinates will be formatted in Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate bands. UTM_ZONES —Coordinates will be formatted in Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate zones. USNG —Coordinates will be formatted in United States National Grid. MGRS —Coordinates will be formatted in Military Grid Reference System.	String
y_or_lat_field (Optional)	The field in the input table containing the y or latitude coordinates. The y_or_lat_field parameter is used when the in_coordinate_format parameter is set to DD_2, DDM_2, or DMS_2.	Field
coordinate_system (Optional)	The spatial reference of the coordinates in the output table. The default is GCS_WGS_1984.	Spatial Reference

Code sample

GenerateCoordinateNotations example 1 (Python window)

The following Python window script demonstrates how to use the GenerateCoordinateNotations function.

import arcpy
arcpy.env.workspace = r"C:/Data.gdb"
arcpy.GenerateCoordinateNotations_defense(r"C:/CSV/TableToPoint.csv", 
                                          "TableWithMGRS", "x", "DD_2", "y")

GenerateCoordinateNotations example 2 (stand-alone script)

The following example uses the GenerateCoordinateNotations function in a sample workflow script.

# Description: Add additional coordinate fields to data and then create points 
#              from output table.

# Import system modules
import arcpy

# Set environment settings
arcpy.env.workspace = r"C:/Data.gdb"
arcpy.env.overwriteOutput = True

# Add additional coordinate formats
in_coords = r"C:/CSV/TableToPoint.csv"
out_table = "TableWithMGRS"
arcpy.GenerateCoordinateNotations_defense(in_coords, out_table, "x", "DD_2", "y")

# Create points
result_point = "Output_Point"
arcpy.CoordinateTableToPoint_defense(out_table, result_point, "MGRS", "MGRS")

Environments

This tool does not use any geoprocessing environments.

Licensing information

• Basic: Yes
• Standard: Yes
• Advanced: Yes