Transform point map

Dialog box

The Transform point map operation transforms the coordinates of points in a point map from the map's current coordinate system to another target coordinate system.

The Transform operation can only be used when a transformation between the input and target coordinate systems is possible. For more information, refer to Transform point map : functionality/algorithm.

Dialog box options:

Input point map:

Select an input point map. Open the list box and select the desired input map, or drag a point map directly from the Catalog into this box.

For your information, when you have selected a point map, a text line will appear showing the name and type of the coordinate system that is used by the input point map. This is the coordinate system from which you will transform coordinates from.

Output point map:

Type a name for the output point map that will contain the transformed points.

Coordinate system:

Select an existing target coordinate system or create a new coordinate system by using the create button. This is the coordinate system to which you will transform the coordinates of your input map to.

Description:

Optionally, type a description for the output map. The description will appear in the status bar of the Main window when moving the mouse pointer over the map in a Catalog, and in the title bar of a map window when the output map is displayed. If no description is supplied, the output map will use its own definition as description.

When you click the Show button, the dependent output map will be defined, calculated and shown. When you click the Define button, the dependent output map will only be defined; if necessary, the map will be calculated later, for instance when the map is opened to be displayed.

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