Go To Location

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The Go To Location dialog box moves the map so that the center of the display is at the location you specify. If you specify a coordinate that represents a point location (rather than a grid zone or square) you'll be positioned above the location at an altitude 2km above the surface elevation of the coordinate. Once you've specified the location, you can create a result that you can use with tasks. Click the Create Result button to add the location to the list of results.

Specifying coordinates

Depending on the units setting you've made in the Options dialog box, you can specify the location as a latitude and longitude coordinate pair, a Military Grid Reference (MGRS) grid location, or a US National Grid (USNG) location. These are the same units that are listed on the status bar. In addition, you can also choose to display a graticule if you specify coordinates in latitude and longitude or a reference grid if you specify MGRS or USNG coordinates.

Latitude and longitude


• Latitude (North/South) and longitude (East/West) pairs are one of the coordinate types that you may specify for Go To Location. Spherical coordinates aren't always specified in this order, so take care when you enter coordinates on the dialog box that you enter them in this order. The latitude must be entered first. For example, if someone asks you to plot 17.1325 -60.666 on the map, ask them if these coordinates are in long/lat or lat/long order. The only way to tell the order from the coordinates themselves is if they contain E, W, N, S characters to signify the hemisphere.
• Whether you use Decimal Degrees (DD), Degrees Minutes Seconds (DMS), or Degrees Decimal Minutes (DDM), coordinates can be entered by using a minus sign before the numeric value to signify the Western or Southern quadrants.
• Values in DMS coordinates can be separated with the ° ' " special characters (such as when you paste coordinates that you have copied from other dialog boxes or applications that use those characters) or spaces. A space will between the DMS coordinates will be interpreted as a change to a new unit type, e.g. Degrees <followed by a space> Minutes <followed by a space> Seconds.
• Whether you use DD, DMS, or DDM on the dialog box, coordinates can be entered in any of the latitude/longitude formats, and they will be automatically converted to match your chosen format.
• When you are using DMS, coordinates you input are always converted to use E, W, N, S to signify quadrants and are given the ° ' " special characters.


The following are validly formatted latitude/longitude coordinates:



Latitude	Longitude
45	-45
45°30'30"N	45°30'30"W
45 30 30 N	45 30 30 W
45.50833	-45.50833

Grid coordinate systems: MGRS and USNG


• The following list contains validly formatted U.S. Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) and US National Grid (USNG) position locations that can be specified in the coordinate input textbox. Position locations may include spaces.
  
  

  Example	Locates a point with a precision of	Number of digits	Characterization
  18SUH	100,000-meters	0	size of a regional area
  18SUH64	10,000-meters	2	size of a city
  18SUH6743	1,000-meters	4	the size of a neighborhood
  18SUH678432	100-meters	6	the size of a soccer field
  18SUH67894321	10-meters	8	the size of a modest home
  18SUH6789043210	1-meter	10	within a parking spot

  Notes

  • If you specify a 3 or 5 character alphanumeric MGRS or USNG coordinate to locate a Grid Zone Designation, for example 18S, or a 100,000-meter Square Identification, for example, 18SUH, ArcGIS Explorer will zoom so that the entire zone or square is visible.
  • MGRS/USNG coordinates whose alphanumeric length is not 3 or 5 are treated like exact points and ArcGIS Explorer will zoom so that the coordinate point is at the target location.
  • Specify grid zone designations less than 10, for example 04Q, with a leading 0 (zero).
  
  
  
  • Learn more about the MGRS or the USNG