Good afternoon,
I have a doubt/issue when mapping in openground cloud progessional.
As shown in the image attched below, I import rotary core in easting and northing coordinates and then I convert these coordinates into latitude and longitude.
The thing is that when trying to map the rotary cores, in the easting and northing columns I need to put the latitude and longitude values in order to see the RC in the map. If I put the original values in the column that belongs each value, tha map appears as blank.
My question is that if OpenGround needs to assume the values of latitude and longitude in the easting and northing columns in order to map properly.
Thank you very much for your time and help,
JF
Are your northing/easting and lat/long values switched ? They appear to be to me. You might look at that.
Also, I thought OpenGround converts between northing/easting and lat/long for you. In other words, if you enter one, it automatically fills in the other correctly PROVIDED you provided the correct coordinate system in the project details.
Good afternoon Joan,
Have you set a Coordinate System in your Project Details tab? If not, that is the first thing you need to do as this will convert your Easting/Northing coordinate values to the Lat/Long fields automatically and allow your points to be shown on the map. Open the project then click on the "Project" tab then select "Project Details". In the "Edit Project" dialog that appears, select the "Configurations" tab and set the Coordinate System that your Easting(X) and Northing(Y) values are in. If you dont see your coordinate System in the list, your Admin will have to turn it on in your Configuration Pack. Once that is all done, entering in an Easting and Northing will automatically convert and fill in the Lat/Long fields and allow you to see them on the map - Mike
Hi Samantha! Thank you very much for your answer. Yeah, as you have pointed out, my values are switched. The thing is that I switched them in order to make appear them in the map.
I didn't know that Open Ground can covert the values from northing/easting to Lat/long... thanks for that information, I will deeply analyse that.
Thanks for your time and help.
Good afternoon mcotreau,
First of all I want to thank your time and help in order to answer my issue.
I had set a coordinate system, which was: World Geodetic System Longitude / Latitude (WGS 84). When I set that coordinate system, The program asks me to select existing coordinates to use for location updates. I guess that in that message I need to choose the Easting / Northing option as in my imported files, the coordinats are set in that format.
When doing that, my locations don't appear in the map. Furthermore, The software does not convert automtically my easting / northing coordinates to latitude / longitude coordinates, that I guess that it is vital in order to have them in the map.
When you tell in your past answer that "If you dont see your coordinate System in the list, your Admin will have to turn it on in your Configuration Pack" what do you reffer exactly? My configuration pack is set right now as: BS British Standard - Metric. Is that correct? I don't know if you can answer me that question.
Thank you very much for your time and help, I appreciate it a lot!
Hi Joan,
Please see this Wiki article for more information on Coordinate Conversion. There are 2 sets of headers for Lat/Long - text and numeric. It looks like your Location Details group has the text fields active, which don't allow for coordinate conversion. You (or your OpenGround Admin) may want to activate the decimal fields so you can see the converted values.
When you select the Coordinate System, you'll want to select the projected coordinate system for your N/E values. New coordinate systems can be added if you don't see the one you need.
If you have the correct Coordinate System selected for your N/E, you should be able to import the N/E values and it will calculate the Lat/Long (in the decimal/numeric fields). Or, do the reverse and import your Lat/Long to the decimal Lat/Long fields, and it will calculate the N/E values.