Currently ArcMap graticule grid labels will display a single digit in minutes and seconds when they are less than 10. For example 27° 1' 35" or 120° 35' 5". It would look much nicer if the minutes and seconds could be (optionally) padded so that it labels as 27° 01' 35", 120° 35' 05" etc.
For those of us using ArcMap for map production these types of details a crucial to the quality of the final product
I usually end up converting the graticule to graphics, un-grouping, and manually editing each one to be padded with zeros. Its time consuming and a pain. A dynamic solution would be much better!
This is possible in ArcGIS Pro using grid label tags. For example, this set of tags will pad the degree, minute, and second values of a coordinate with 0s if necessary.
<dyn type="grid" units="dms" decimalPlaces="0" showDirections="True" padDegrees="True" padMinutes="True" padSeconds="True" />
You can learn more about grid label tags here: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/layouts/grid-label-tags.htm
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