{"id":410482,"date":"2019-01-15T03:00:47","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T11:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=410482"},"modified":"2019-01-16T09:02:07","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T17:02:07","slug":"coordinate-and-measurement-units-in-collector-for-arcgis","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/collector\/field-mobility\/coordinate-and-measurement-units-in-collector-for-arcgis","title":{"rendered":"Coordinates and Measurement Units in Collector for ArcGIS"},"author":3651,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23261,22771,24371],"tags":[37881,165702,24531,302632],"industry":[],"product":[36591,36641],"class_list":["post-410482","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-field-mobility","category-natural-resources","category-public-safety","tag-collector","tag-collector-for-arcgis","tag-ios","tag-units","product-apps","product-collector"],"acf":{"short_description":"Setting coordinate formats and measurement units in Collector can provide an accurate solution for communicating location. Learn how.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Collector for ArcGIS is used by a wide variety of organizations to complete mission critical workflows. It\u2019s important that Collector provides flexibility, not just through how you author, publish and use maps and layers in the app, but in how you communicate and understand location and measurements within a map.<\/p>\n

Here are a few examples of the varied use of location within Collector:<\/p>\n

Helicopter pilots will communicate Latitude and Longitude locations using Degrees Decimal Minutes<\/strong> (DDD\u00b0 MM.MMM’) during air operations of a Wildfire event. Observers on the ground need to be able to tap on a location and see coordinates in the same format as the helicopter pilot is communicating to them.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":410492,"id":410492,"title":"DegreesDecimalMinutes","filename":"DegreesDecimalMinutes.png","filesize":11015,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DegreesDecimalMinutes.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/collector\/field-mobility\/coordinate-and-measurement-units-in-collector-for-arcgis\/degreesdecimalminutes","alt":"","author":"3651","description":"","caption":"Degrees Decimal Minutes","name":"degreesdecimalminutes","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":410482,"date":"2019-01-15 06:20:55","modified":"2019-01-15 06:21:11","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":302,"height":145,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DegreesDecimalMinutes-150x145.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":145,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DegreesDecimalMinutes-300x144.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":144,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DegreesDecimalMinutes.png","medium_large-width":302,"medium_large-height":145,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DegreesDecimalMinutes.png","large-width":302,"large-height":145,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DegreesDecimalMinutes.png","1536x1536-width":302,"1536x1536-height":145,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DegreesDecimalMinutes.png","2048x2048-width":302,"2048x2048-height":145,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DegreesDecimalMinutes.png","card_image-width":302,"card_image-height":145,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DegreesDecimalMinutes.png","wide_image-width":302,"wide_image-height":145}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

When conducting a land search, responders will search for and communicate grid coordinates using the United States National Grid (USNG<\/strong>) format. USNG is a grid-based point reference system, founded upon UTM, that provides a unique value for a location (18SUJ22850705 for example).<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":410502,"id":410502,"title":"USNG","filename":"USNG.png","filesize":10041,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/USNG.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/collector\/field-mobility\/coordinate-and-measurement-units-in-collector-for-arcgis\/usng","alt":"USNG","author":"3651","description":"USNG","caption":"USNG","name":"usng","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":410482,"date":"2019-01-15 06:21:50","modified":"2019-01-15 06:39:24","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":287,"height":135,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/USNG-150x135.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":135,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/USNG.png","medium-width":287,"medium-height":135,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/USNG.png","medium_large-width":287,"medium_large-height":135,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/USNG.png","large-width":287,"large-height":135,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/USNG.png","1536x1536-width":287,"1536x1536-height":135,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/USNG.png","2048x2048-width":287,"2048x2048-height":135,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/USNG.png","card_image-width":287,"card_image-height":135,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/USNG.png","wide_image-width":287,"wide_image-height":135}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

The standard used by NATO militaries for communicating location is the Military Grid Reference System (MGRS<\/strong>). Similar to the civilian USNG format mentioned above, there is the need to search for and communicate location in Collector using the MGRS format. Both MGRS and USGS have the advantage of being easily plotted on properly gridded maps like the USGS topographic map.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":410512,"id":410512,"title":"MGRS","filename":"MGRS.png","filesize":12393,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MGRS.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/collector\/field-mobility\/coordinate-and-measurement-units-in-collector-for-arcgis\/mgrs","alt":"","author":"3651","description":"","caption":"MGRS","name":"mgrs","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":410482,"date":"2019-01-15 06:22:20","modified":"2019-01-15 06:22:25","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":279,"height":147,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MGRS-150x147.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":147,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MGRS.png","medium-width":279,"medium-height":147,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MGRS.png","medium_large-width":279,"medium_large-height":147,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MGRS.png","large-width":279,"large-height":147,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MGRS.png","1536x1536-width":279,"1536x1536-height":147,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MGRS.png","2048x2048-width":279,"2048x2048-height":147,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MGRS.png","card_image-width":279,"card_image-height":147,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MGRS.png","wide_image-width":279,"wide_image-height":147}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

By default, coordinates are displayed in the same format as the spatial reference of the basemap being used. For example, if your basemap has a geographic coordinate system, coordinates display as latitude and longitude. As shown above, you can change the coordinate format within Collector.<\/p>\n

Here’s how:<\/p>\n

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  1. While viewing the Maps list in Collector, tap on your profile\u00a0\"Profile\".<\/li>\n
  2. Scroll down to the General section and tap Units.<\/li>\n
  3. From there you can tap on Coordinates and you will find that there are 6 different formats<\/strong> to choose from:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":410542,"id":410542,"title":"Coordinates","filename":"Coordinates.png","filesize":22622,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Coordinates.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/collector\/field-mobility\/coordinate-and-measurement-units-in-collector-for-arcgis\/coordinates","alt":"","author":"3651","description":"","caption":"Coordinates setting","name":"coordinates","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":410482,"date":"2019-01-15 06:25:01","modified":"2019-01-15 06:40:23","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":312,"height":362,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Coordinates-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Coordinates-259x300.png","medium-width":225,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Coordinates.png","medium_large-width":312,"medium_large-height":362,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Coordinates.png","large-width":312,"large-height":362,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Coordinates.png","1536x1536-width":312,"1536x1536-height":362,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Coordinates.png","2048x2048-width":312,"2048x2048-height":362,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Coordinates.png","card_image-width":312,"card_image-height":362,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Coordinates.png","wide_image-width":312,"wide_image-height":362}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

    4. Tapping on a coordinate format will set the coordinate display format.<\/p>\n

    Now every time that you drop a pin or view the popup details of a point feature, you will see the coordinate displayed in the format you have specified.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","content":"

    Fun fact about Collector…<\/strong><\/p>\n

    The Search tool can find location using any of these coordinate formats, regardless of the setting, when connected and when you are offline<\/strong>. If you want to explore the earth using Collector, set Imagery as your basemap, and search for these locations:<\/p>\n