LatLongConverter

LatLongConverter converts positions from geodetic system to Gauss-Krüger or UTM coordinates.

Find the current version at doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.787692

Find Sourcecode at GitHub

Contact: [mailto:rsieger@pangaea.de Rainer Sieger]. The software is provided as freeware under the (GNU General Public License (GPLv3) and is freely distributed without warranty by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven.

= Installation =

Open and click on "View dataset as HTML". Download the current version of LatLongConverter to your computer.

Windows

 * Install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Packages first.
 * 32-bit: vcredist_x86.exe
 * 64-bit: vcredist_x64.exe


 * Double-click LatLongConverter_Win.exe and follow the instructions.

OS X
Open the downloaded dmg file with a double-click. Drag and drop the file LatLongConverter.app onto the appliction folder icon.

Linux
Uncompress the archive to your user bin directory. Double-click LatLongConverter.sh.

= Reference and detailed description of LatLongConverter =

Work with files


LatLongConverter works with tab-delimited text files only. The basic idea is to open choose one or many file(s) and select a tool from the Converter menu.

The file(s) can be choosen by using the file dialog File -> Open... or by the folder dialog File -> Select Folder. Drag & drop can be used also for selecting file(s) or folder(s).

In general LatLongConverter don't ask for the name of the output file. With File -> Options... the format of the output files name can be given. If more than one convert needed, the new input file is the output file of the step before.

Examples (-> after the tool has been working):
 * zz%a_%N.txt : test.tab -> zz1_test.txt -> zz2_test.txt -> ...
 * %N_imp.txt : test.txt -> test_imp.txt
 * %N0%a.dat : test.txt -> test01.dat -> test02.dat -> ...

The encoding of the input and output file can be choosen.

Converter
All converter recalculates a given position to an other geographic system with a given number of digits. See http://www.maptools.com/UsingLatLon/Formats.html for possible formats for Latitude/Longitude. The given position can be shown with Nokia maps. Two map types are possible, the zoom level of map can be chosen between 1-20.