Number of MGRS digits created using Convert Coordinate Notation

Question

Using the geoprocessing tool Convert Coordinate Notation to create MGRS coordinates in the table now generates a MGRS coordinate with 16 digits. The norm for MGRS is 10 digits giving a 1m accuracy. This change har been noted at Pro 2.6 and 2.7. Are there any non documented methods to return the result to 10 digits? There doesn't seem to be any settings to override the non-usable 16 digit format.

TobiSellekaerts · Answer

I'm using a two-step workaround for now:

1. Select 'MGRS' as the output coordinate system and pull out only the '48PUV' part

2. Run again and select 'UTM' as the output coordinate system.  The resulting value in the 'UTM' field looks like:

48 N 377299 1483035

Take the final 5 digits of each of the two numbers at the end and append them on to the '48PUV', giving you the MGRS coordinate of:

48PUV7729983035

Buyer beware / test before using / etc.  Quick site for comparing coordinates in testing:

https://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong-utm-mgrs.html

SebastienWærstad-Campeau · Answer

Contact is already established with local ESRI support 🙂 👍

Robert_LeClair · Answer

Sebastien - I researched the internals on the BUG-000134942.  Currently there is no workaround in ArcGIS Pro and hopefully will be resolved in a future release.  Something you can do is contact Esri Support Services and associate your customer ID with the BUG.  That way you'll get updates.