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Locations and grids

location-format.jpg The application can display and search locations in almost any coordinate system. For all of them, the associated grid (geodetic or projected) can be displayed on the map, along with grid square notations for UTM, MGRS, OSGB, Irish Grid, TPC Grid and DFCI grid systems.

To change the location coordinates display format:

  • Click on Location format to change the main location format, or on Alt. location format to change the alternative (secondary) location format;
  • If the location format you want to use is in the main formats list , just select it;
  • Otherwise click on More… to display more formats ;
  • If you still can't find a format, click on Import… to import a format using its EPSG id (the list of all ids is available at www.spatialreference.org).

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