Coordinate entry and storage

You can add coordinates to the items on an Analyst's Notebook chart in several ways. You can add them as text (identified by a prefix or suffix) or in attribute values, or you can store them in data records.

Important: For Analyst's Notebook Connector for Esri to map chart items successfully, the coordinates that you enter must be in one of the supported formats. Analyst's Notebook cannot interpret coordinates in formats that it does not recognize.

Coordinates in text

For entities only, you can enter coordinates in labels, in descriptions, or in new or existing cards as part of their summary or description.

Coordinates that are stored in text require an identifying prefix and suffix; by default, LOC/ and //. For example: LOC/28°16'45.55"N 81°33'59.44"W//.

An entity can contain several coordinates that are stored in different places. After mapping, if all the coordinates are not the same, then each map location is listed separately in the Sent Items page of the Map Chart Items task pane.

If you enter coordinates as part of the label, then this label is displayed as the placemark name in the Map window.

Coordinates in attributes

You can enter coordinates in a single attribute, or you can split them into their constituent parts and enter them as a combination of attribute values. The prefix and suffix are unnecessary when you use attributes. For example: 28°16'45.55"N and 81°33'59.44"W.

By default, Analyst's Notebook Connector for Esri detects coordinates when you use a correct combination of attributes in the Locations palette.

Coordinates in data records

You can map items from data sources (for example, i2® iBase), if the data records contain coordinates. Analyst's Notebook Connector for Esri detects coordinates in data records that use the prefix and suffix from the "Label, Description, and Card Details" window, and that have an appropriate combination of semantic types.

Attributes and semantic types

Analyst's Notebook Connector for Esri detects coordinates in the following attributes or semantic types:

  • BNG
  • Datum Code
  • Decimal Degree
  • DMS
  • Easting
  • From Latitude
  • From Longitude
  • Hemisphere
  • Latitude
  • Longitude
  • MGRS
  • Northing
  • To Latitude
  • To Longitude

You can also configure Analyst's Notebook Connector for Esri to use coordinates from other attributes.