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TopoFusion Support => TopoFusion Pro => Topic started by: jocoyn on June 08, 2009, 06:58:52 PM
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Help! - I need to communicate waypoints from our searches to law enformcement in lat longs as opposed to UTMs. When I go to save the file as a csv file which would be the easiest way to get them the data [so I can put it into a written report] , it defaults back to UTM, even if I change my preferences to Lats/Longs. {we prefer to work in UTMs but our entire state law enforcement is set up on lats/longs in WGS 84}
Is there any way around this? All I want is tabular summary of waypoints, lat longs, and comments.
I can *see* them in the file properties box in lats and longs but it defaults back to UTM when I go to save and we are not going to be able to change an entire state over to UTM even though it is a much more sensible coordinate system.
Also, when I go to manually enter a waypoint is there anything I can do about the time - some of these show as 1969.
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Hi,
Sorry for the late reply on this -- apparently the notifications for the forum got turned off and I didn't see this until now.
You are right that the .csv export is always UTM. I would suggest using the Maptech .MXF format. It's essentially a .csv (and will load up the same in excel, for example). The waypoints there will output in lat lon and WGS84.
Hope that helps.
Re: time. Thanks for pointing that out. Must be a new-ish bug. I am seeing it too on new waypoints. I'll get it fixed for the next release.
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Works like a charm.