Grid Issues: Force UTM 32N and Truncate Labels

FavourOkikiri — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 08:28:39 GMT

Hi all, I'm struggling to get my Measured Grid labels correct in my layout. My Map Frame Coordinate System is Minna UTM Zone 32N.

I have two major issues:

Zone Boundary Problem: My map crosses the zone line, and the grid labels are incorrectly showing both UTM Zone 32N and 31N. I need to force the entire grid to display coordinates only for UTM Zone 32N. Even after setting the map's Coordinate System property to Minna UTM 32N both 31N and 32N labels are still displayed.
Label Formatting Problem: The current dynamic tag, <dyn type="grid" units="utm"/>, produces a full, unusable string like "32N 379446 0000000", and "31N 167836 0664053". I need the labels to display only the mid six-digit meter values (e.g., 379446) and completely remove the zone prefix (32N/31N) and the trailing 7 numbers.

The official ArcGIS Pro Grid Label Tags documentation (link above) does not seem to cover the specific tags or parameters needed for this kind of standard UTM coordinate truncation and zone suppression.

What is the exact dynamic text tag expression and workflow required to solve both of these problems? Thanks!

Re: Grid Issues: Force UTM 32N and Truncate Labels

AubriOtis — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 15:13:16 GMT

Hi,

For the first problem, what is the grid's coordinate system? This is separate from the map's coordinate system. Check Clip to UTM zone boundary to only see coordinates for one zone.

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