Documentation | Help File | UI | 2D Mode | Menu | Shape | Export points | Clipboard | Decimal Degrees (DD)

Clicking on the Shape/Export points/Clipboard/Decimal Degrees (DD) menu item provides the means for exporting an individual shape to the system clipboard as a list of coordinates in the Decimal Degrees (DD) format. A coordinate in the Decimal Degrees (DD) format is a character string

DDD.MMMM DD.MMMM

where D stands for degrees and M for minutes. The first number is the longitude and the second is the latitude. Note, that in the Decimal Degrees format minutes are represented as a decimal fraction, 1' = 0.1666(6). This feature requires the map coordinate system to be defined. To define the map coordinate system, use the Coordinate Systems feature.

To export a shape to the system clipboard as a list of coordinates in the DD format

1. Activate (highlight) the layer containing the shape to be copied. Do this by clicking on its name in the Legend.
2. Click on the Shape/Edit shape menu item or equivalently on the icon on the Standard toolbar.
3. Within the Map area move the mouse pointer over the shape and click to make a selection.
4. Click on the Shape/Export points/Clipboard/Decimal Degrees (DD) menu item.