Input
File Header Generation
Although
the GEOTRANS coordinate file format, described in the next section, is really
quite simple, creating the header for an input coordinate file manually can be
an error prone process. Fortunately,
there is a simple way to generate input coordinate file headers automatically,
using the GEOTRANS file processing GUI, as follows:
1. Select any existing GEOTRANS coordinate file,
as described in Section 4.2.1. Example coordinate
files can be found in the /examples subdirectory.
2. In the output portion of the GEOTRANS File
Processing window, specify the datum, the coordinate reference system type, and
any associated parameters, as described in Section 4.2.2, for the input
coordinate file that you desire.
3. Specify a file name and directory for the
resulting output file, as described in Section 4.2.3.
4. In the GEOTRANS File Processing dialog box,
click on the Cancel button to abort file processing.
The
resulting output file will contain the specified header information. This header can then be attached to an
existing text file of coordinates to create a GEOTRANS input coordinate file.
The
GEOTRANS Java GUI includes a command in the File pull-down menu, Create File
Header, which allows this process to be performed without using an existing
GEOTRANS coordinate file as input.