Using coordinates in item properties

Analyst's Notebook configuration options determine where coordinates and addresses are found when entities are exported to a KML/KMZ file.

Analyst's Notebook can be configured to restrict which entity properties it looks in for location information. Restricting the properties helps to ensure that specific data is used as the source of mapping information. For example, you might choose that Analyst's Notebook looks only for location information in the description because it is the standard place for your organization to store this type of information.

For successful exporting, entities must contain either coordinates or addresses.
Note:
Coordinates or addresses are not required for links because their position is determined by the entities at each link end. Links are always plotted as a single line.
The following entity properties can be specified as holding location information:
  • Labels
  • Descriptions
  • Card summaries
  • Card descriptions
Coordinates
Coordinates can be entered as text (identified by a prefix and suffix) or as attribute values. For example, you might enter the coordinates in the description and the datum as an attribute value. If you do not want to use the standard LOC/ prefix and // suffix for text coordinates, you can change the values. Existing prefixes and suffixes on the chart are not updated.
Note:
The prefix and suffix are not case-sensitive.

When you enter multiple coordinates for the same entity, consider how the chart item is displayed on the map. Each mapped chart item is displayed with the same label appended with a number, and has the same description. This description might be confusing where a chart item has coordinates in the label, description, and card summary.

Addresses

To specify where Analyst's Notebook looks for addresses:

  • Select or clear the Labels, Descriptions, Card Summaries, and Card Descriptions check boxes.

There are three types of address:

  • Text that is enclosed in an ADDR/ prefix and // suffix is always an address. For example, ADDR/ My street, My city, My postal code//
  • All of the text deriving the address from the label, description, and card properties as a whole
  • The label of any chart item assigned the Mailing Address semantic type is always an address
Note:
If required, you can change the address prefix and suffix. Existing prefixes and suffixes on the chart are not updated. The prefix and suffix are not case-sensitive.

Where an entity has multiple coordinates or addresses, at more than one location, then the entity is displayed at each of those locations on the map surface.