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GIS Office
City Hall - 3rd Floor
777 Cypress Ave
Redding, CA 96001

Phone
(530)225-4391

Fax
(530)225-4542
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Viewing Latitude and Longitude in Mapguide

One of the many requests that the GIS Division gets each month is to find out the Latitude and Longitude for a specific location or facility. The Latitude/Longitude (Lat/Lon) of a location or facility is commonly required for State or Federal government reporting. Lat/Long's can also be used for recreational GPS and in-car navigation systems. These coordinates can also be passed to web-based routing applications for directions, or used in mapping applications like Google Earth.

The GIS Division has made Lat/Lon information available to City staff and the public since 1998 through our Mapguide Interactive City Map. In order to view Lat/Lon information:

How to View Latitude / Longitude Coordinates, Step-By-Step

Step 1 - With your mouse cursor over the map window, right-click and choose "Preferences".

Step 2 - In the Preferences dialog box, make sure that the "Display Mouse Position" box is checked; then click in the box under "Units", and change to "Latitude, Longitude"; now click "OK" to accept the change.

Step 3 - Now, as you move your mouse cursor around the Map window, you should now be able to view the Lat/Long information on the left end of the Status Bar below the Map window. Simply zoom in on your area of interest, turn on the aerial imagery if desired, and then hold the mouse steady over your point and view the Lat/Long in the lower-left corner.

Note that the Lat/Long information is in Decimal Degrees. Most web-based mapping sites accept these coordinates as Decimal Degrees, although some GPS equipment requires the Lat/Long in Degrees/Minutes/Seconds (D/M/S). If you need to convert the Lat/Long from Decimal Degrees to Degrees/Minutes/Seconds, follow Steps 4 to convert your coordinates.

Step 4 - There are many websites that provide free Coordinate Conversion/Translation, but one off the simplest to use is JeEep.com Coordinate Translation. Just open JeEep.com Coordinate Translation and enter your Lat/Lon coordinates in the Decimal Degrees box, then click "Submit". Your D/M/S results will come back in a new page.

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