Menu
Bar
The
Menu Bar contains the following pull-down menus:
Geodetic Units
Geodetic Separator
Sign / Hemisphere
Longitude Range
Precision
Leading Zeros
Format...
Look and Feel
Color
Status Bar
The File menu contains commands which allow you
to process text files containing large numbers of coordinates, or to exit the
program.
The Open command allows you to select a text
file containing coordinates to be processed. It begins the file processing dialog
by bringing up a standard File Open dialog box that you can use to select the
file to be read. For more information, see the descriptions of File Processing,
or of the File Processing user interface.
Create File Header... (Java only)
The Create File Header command allows you to
create a GEOTRANS coordinate file header for a specified datum and coordinate
reference system, along with any associated parameters. It begins the input
file header generation dialog by bringing up the Create File Header window,
which is identical to the lower half of the File Processing window.
The Restore Default command allows you to set
the format options, input and output datum, parameters and coordinate system
using the default values stored in the default.xml
file, which is located in the data directory.
Save As Default
The Save As Default command allows you to save
the current format options, input and output datum, parameters and coordinate
system to the default.xml file, which is located in the data directory.
Exit
The Exit command immediately terminates the
GEOTRANS program, causing the GEOTRANS window to disappear.
The Options menu contains commands that allow
you to control the format and precision in which output coordinate values are
displayed. Newly selected options take effect when the Convert button is
pressed, or when the Input or Output coordinate system or projection selection
is changed.
The Geodetic Units command provides a submenu of
options that allow you to control the angular units in which output geodetic
coordinates are displayed. The format in which geodetic coordinates are
displayed is also affected by the setting of the Precision option. For example,
if the Geodetic Units option is set to Degrees/Minutes/Seconds, but the
Precision option is set to 1 minute, no seconds subfield will be displayed.
Geodetic coordinates may be input using any variation, or combination of
variations, of the supported formats.
This option causes output geodetic coordinates to
be displayed in degrees, minutes, and seconds format, i.e., DDD MM SS.FF.
This option causes output geodetic coordinates
to be displayed in degrees and minutes format, i.e., DDD MM.FFFF.
This option causes output geodetic coordinates
to be displayed in decimal degrees format, i.e., DDD.FFFFFF.
The Geodetic Separator command provides a
submenu of options that allow you to control the character used to separate the
degree, minutes, and seconds subfields when output geodetic coordinates are
displayed.
This option causes the degrees, minutes, and seconds
subfields of output geodetic coordinates to be separated by a blank space ('
').
This option causes the degrees, minutes, and
seconds subfields of output geodetic coordinates to be separated with a slash
('/').
This option causes the degrees, minutes, and
seconds subfields of output geodetic coordinates to be separated with a colon
(':').
The Sign / Hemisphere command provides a submenu
of options which allow you to control the way in which the sign or hemisphere of
output geodetic coordinates is displayed.
This option causes output geodetic coordinates
to be displayed with a minus sign('-') as a prefix when their values are
negative. No sign is displayed when their values are positive.
This option causes output geodetic coordinates
to be displayed with a hemisphere letter ('N' or 'S' for latitude, 'E' or 'W'
for longitude) as a suffix.
The
This option causes output geodetic longitudes to
be displayed in the range from-180˚ to +180˚.
This option causes output geodetic longitudes to
be displayed in the range from0˚ to 360˚.
The Precision command provides a submenu of
options that allow you to control the precision with which output coordinates
are displayed, ranging from 1 meter (or.01 second) to 100,000 meters (or 1
degree). GEOREF and MGRS coordinates are truncated, while all other coordinate
values are rounded. In general, you should use the Precision option that
matches the precision or accuracy of your input data, whichever is worse. If no
Precision option exactly matches this value, use the next better precision. For
example, if your source data looks like "20 55 44.22N, 55 55 42.86E",
with an average error of 0.2seconds, use the 0.1 second Precision option. If
your data looks like "2055N, 55 55E", and is accurate to one minute,
use the 1 minute Precision option.
This option causes output coordinates to be
displayed rounded (or truncated) to the nearest 100,000 meters (for Easting/X,
Northing/Y, Z, and Ellipsoidal Height values) or to the nearest 1 degree (for
Latitude and Longitude values).
This option causes output coordinates to be
displayed rounded (or truncated) to the nearest 10,000 meters (for Easting/X,
Northing/Y, Z, and Ellipsoidal Height values) or to the nearest 10 minutes (for
Latitude and Longitude values).
This option causes output coordinates to be displayed
rounded (or truncated) to the nearest 1,000 meters (for Easting/X, Northing/Y,
Z, and Ellipsoidal Height values) or to the nearest 1 minute (for Latitude and
Longitude values).
This option causes output coordinates to be displayed
rounded (or truncated) to the nearest 100 meters (for Easting/X, Northing/Y, Z,
and Ellipsoidal Height values) or to the nearest 10 seconds, 0.1 minutes, or
0.001 degrees, as appropriate (for Latitude and Longitude values).
This option causes output coordinates to be
displayed rounded (or truncated) to the nearest 10 meters (for Easting/X,
Northing/Y, Z, and Ellipsoidal Height values) or to the nearest 1 second, 0.01
minutes, or 0.0001 degrees, as appropriate (for Latitude and Longitude values).
This option causes output coordinates to be
displayed rounded (or truncated) to the nearest 1 meter (for Easting/X,
Northing/Y, Z, and Ellipsoidal Height values) or to the nearest 0.1 second,
0.001 minutes, or 0.00001 degrees, as appropriate (for Latitude and Longitude
values).
This option causes output coordinates to be
displayed rounded (or truncated) to the nearest 0.1 meter (for Easting/X,
Northing/Y, Z, and Ellipsoidal Height values) or to the nearest 0.01 second,
0.0001 minutes, or 0.000001 degrees, as appropriate (for Latitude and Longitude
values). A warning is displayed whenever this precision level is selected,
because GEOTRANS has not been tested to the level of accuracy that the additional
displayed digits imply.
This option causes output coordinates to be
displayed rounded (or truncated) to the nearest 0.01 meter (for Easting/X,
Northing/Y, Z, and Ellipsoidal Height values) or to the nearest 0.001 second,
0.00001 minutes, or 0.0000001 degrees, as appropriate (for Latitude and
Longitude values). A warning is displayed whenever this precision level is
selected, because GEOTRANS has not been tested to the level of accuracy that
the additional displayed digits imply.
This option causes output coordinates to be
displayed rounded (or truncated) to the nearest 0.001 meter (for Easting/X,
Northing/Y, Z, and Ellipsoidal Height values) or to the nearest 0.0001 second,
0.000001 minutes, or 0.00000001degrees, as appropriate (for Latitude and
Longitude values). A warning is displayed whenever this precision level is
selected, because GEOTRANS has not been tested to the level of accuracy that
the additional displayed digits imply.
This option toggles
the display of leading zeros in output geodetic coordinates. When it is
selected, leading zeros are displayed in the degree, minute, and second fields
of all geodetic coordinates.
The Format… command
causes a tabbed dialog box to appear.
This dialog box has tabs for Number Format and Precision. The Number Format tab provides sets of radio
buttons corresponding to the Geodetic Units, Geodetic Separator,
Sign/Hemisphere, and
The Look and Feel
command provides a submenu of options that allow you to control the general
appearance of the GEOTRANS GUI.
This option causes the
GUI to have the default Java look and feel.
This option causes the
GUI to have the look and feel of a Motif user interface.
This option causes the
GUI to have the look and feel of a Windows user interface.
The Color command provides a submenu of commands
that allow you to customize the background and text colors of the GEOTRANS
window.
The Background command allows you to customize the
background color of the GEOTRANS window. It brings up a standard Windows color
selection dialog box.
The Text command allows you to customize the
color of the text within the GEOTRANS window. It brings up a standard Windows
color selection dialog box.
The Status Bar command allows you to show or
hide the status bar at the bottom of the GEOTRANS window, which provides a
short description of each low-level menu item whenever it is selected using the
cursor.
The Datum menu contains commands that allow you
to create and delete user-defined datums.
The Create Datum command allows you to create a
new user-defined 3-parameter or 7-parameter datum. It opens the Create Datum dialog box where you can specify the
code, name, and parameters for a new user-defined datum.
The Delete Datum command allows you to delete a
previously created user-defined datum. It opens the Delete
Datum dialog box where you can select the user-defined datum to be deleted.
The Ellipsoid menu contains commands that allow
you to create and delete user-defined ellipsoids.
The Create Ellipsoid command allows you to
create a new user-defined ellipsoid. It opens the Create
Ellipsoid dialog box where you can specify the code, name, and parameters
for a new user-defined ellipsoid.
The Delete Ellipsoid command allows you to
delete a previously created user-defined ellipsoid. It opens the Delete
Ellipsoid dialog box where you can select the user-defined ellipsoid to be
deleted.
The Convert menu
contains commands that allow you to convert coordinates.
The Convert Upper to Lower
command allows you to convert the coordinates in the upper half of the window
to the coordinate reference frame specified in the lower half of the window,
outputting the results to the lower coordinate fields. Its effect is exactly the same as that of the
Convert: Upper to Lower button.
The Convert Lower to
Upper command allows you to convert the coordinates in the lower half of the
window to the coordinate reference frame specified in the upper half of the
window, outputting the results to the upper coordinate fields. Its effect is exactly the same as that of the
Convert: Lower to Upper button.
The Help menu contains commands that provide you
with additional information about the GEOTRANS program and its operation.
The Help command allows you to access to the
on-line help subsystem.
The About command provides you with a brief
description of the GEOTRANS application.