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Layout Graticule (set to Degrees Decimal Minutes) does not work

ClaudiaFries

Dear ESRI community,

working with Pro 2.9.3....

Simple task: create layout with graticule showing labels in Degree Decimal Minutes.

I tried with ArcMap and ArcGIS Pro as well, but with no success so far. Should be just a click / setting, right? But it does not work for me. I have selected the unit accordingly (graticule properties, menu button), but it has no effect on the display. Is there anything left to configure? Does anyone know a workaround?

Many thanks for any suggestions and help in advance!

BR, Claudia

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TomBole

Hi Claudia,

Thanks for the screenshot. It looks like you are trying to use the options available from the "burger" button at the top right of the pane. These settings ONLY affect how coordinates are displayed in the pane. They do not affect how graticule/grid labels are displayed on the layout page.

Label formatting is done by the use of tags in the Format text box under the Appearance group.

The example below shows units to be "dms" (degrees, minutes, seconds). In order to display the labels in Degree Decimal Minutes the units must be "ddm".

Here is an example. I entered the follwoing:

<dyn type="grid" units="ddm" showZeroMinutes="true" zeroPad="true" decimalPlaces="1" directionSeparator = " "/>

Here is my result:

Note: Word wrap is another pane-specific property and has no bearing on the display of labels on the layout.

The help topic Work with grid label tags provides a more in depth explanation along with a number of examples that you can use.

Hope this helps,

Tom

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GayleNeufeld

Why would ESRI do this? This is so much more complicated than it was in ArcMap. I just need simple, decimal degree labels and honestly do not have time to figure out tags, and trying to find any mistake/typo in the tags. Why not have an option for custom format for those who need it, but for those who don't just use the check boxes.

TomBole

Glad I could help!

ClaudiaFries

Hi Tom,

Thank you very much for the quick and detailed support, it really helped me a lot.

I did indeed only try it via the menu button and assumed that this should have an effect on the display in the layout. So I hadn't understood the concept correctly.

Best regards,

Claudia

TomBole

Hi Claudia,

Label formatting is done by the use of tags in the Format text box under the Appearance group.

The example below shows units to be "dms" (degrees, minutes, seconds). In order to display the labels in Degree Decimal Minutes the units must be "ddm".

Here is an example. I entered the follwoing:

<dyn type="grid" units="ddm" showZeroMinutes="true" zeroPad="true" decimalPlaces="1" directionSeparator = " "/>

Here is my result:

Note: Word wrap is another pane-specific property and has no bearing on the display of labels on the layout.

The help topic Work with grid label tags provides a more in depth explanation along with a number of examples that you can use.

Hope this helps,

Tom

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