topic Re: how to get center coordinates from map viewer? in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-get-center-coordinates-from-map-viewer/m-p/678422#M52595 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello Eric,</P><P></P><P>If I understand you correctly you'll want to look at&nbsp;<A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/analyze/arcpy-mapping/dataframe-class.htm">DataFrame Objects</A>&nbsp;and its extent property&nbsp;(in 10.x) or&nbsp;<A href="http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/arcpy/mapping/camera-class.htm">Camera Objects</A>&nbsp;(in Pro) which uses the getExtent() - Both of these should return an&nbsp;<A href="http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/arcpy/classes/extent.htm">Extent Object</A>&nbsp;from which you can get the XMin, Ymin, Xmax &amp; Ymax properties from to figure out the center point.&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 10 Nov 2016 18:00:02 GMT ClintonDow1 2016-11-10T18:00:02Z how to get center coordinates from map viewer? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-get-center-coordinates-from-map-viewer/m-p/678419#M52592 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I figured that this one would be pretty easy, but I'm having trouble finding it via google.</P><P></P><P>How do I (with arcpy/python) get current map viewer center coordinates or corner coordinates?</P><P></P><P>I'm constructing geospatial URL queries, and I want the tool to automatically send the viewer center point, or the 4 corner coordinates, as part of the URL payload.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 10 Nov 2016 17:41:52 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-get-center-coordinates-from-map-viewer/m-p/678419#M52592 EricEagle 2016-11-10T17:41:52Z Re: how to get center coordinates from map viewer? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-get-center-coordinates-from-map-viewer/m-p/678420#M52593 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><PRE class="lia-code-sample line-numbers language-none"><CODE>mxd <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>mapping<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>MapDocument<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>r<SPAN class="string token">"C:\Project\Project.mxd"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN> df <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>mapping<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>ListDataFrames<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>mxd<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">0</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="comment token">#the 1st data frame</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">print</SPAN> df<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>extent <SPAN class="keyword token">print</SPAN> df<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>extent<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>XMin <SPAN class="keyword token">print</SPAN> df<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>extent<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>XMax <SPAN class="keyword token">print</SPAN> df<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>extent<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>YMin <SPAN class="keyword token">print</SPAN> df<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>extent<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>YMax <SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE></BODY></HTML> Sun, 12 Dec 2021 04:35:52 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-get-center-coordinates-from-map-viewer/m-p/678420#M52593 LukeWebb 2021-12-12T04:35:52Z Re: how to get center coordinates from map viewer? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-get-center-coordinates-from-map-viewer/m-p/678421#M52594 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Great! Thanks Luke!</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 10 Nov 2016 17:58:25 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-get-center-coordinates-from-map-viewer/m-p/678421#M52594 EricEagle 2016-11-10T17:58:25Z Re: how to get center coordinates from map viewer? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-get-center-coordinates-from-map-viewer/m-p/678422#M52595 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello Eric,</P><P></P><P>If I understand you correctly you'll want to look at&nbsp;<A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/analyze/arcpy-mapping/dataframe-class.htm">DataFrame Objects</A>&nbsp;and its extent property&nbsp;(in 10.x) or&nbsp;<A href="http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/arcpy/mapping/camera-class.htm">Camera Objects</A>&nbsp;(in Pro) which uses the getExtent() - Both of these should return an&nbsp;<A href="http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/arcpy/classes/extent.htm">Extent Object</A>&nbsp;from which you can get the XMin, Ymin, Xmax &amp; Ymax properties from to figure out the center point.&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 10 Nov 2016 18:00:02 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-get-center-coordinates-from-map-viewer/m-p/678422#M52595 ClintonDow1 2016-11-10T18:00:02Z