Creating a coordinate label

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coordinate_label_2 Coordinate label - a point object with attributes whose values make up the coordinates of a point on the map.

A description of objects of this type is contained in the service.rsc classifier in the Coordinate label layer: Label - a Rectangular coordinates, Label - a Geodetic coordinates on WGS-84, Label - a Geodetic coordinates in SGS85.11.

After starting the mode of creating a label on a map it is possible to set by right-click in the pop-up menu the view of the created object - it is either a label with rectangular coordinates in meters XY, or a label with geodetic coordinates in the format Degrees, minutes, seconds. To place a label on the map at the cursor location it is necessary to click the left mouse button.

Coordinate label object is saved on a separate user map with the name Coordinate Labels. The map is automatically added to the main open document and has the type of Geographic Latitude/Longitude on the "sphere".