Longitude and latitude coordinates in a VISIO Drawing

[Jeff]

I would like to a a drawing using visio by entering the position of object
using longitude and latitiude coordinates is this possible?

 

[Chris Roth [ Visio MVP ]]

You'd have to do a little bit of development. Mostly adding Custom
Properties, and then doing a bit of Excel-like spreadsheet programming.

I'd give a shape Custom Properties for Long and Lat. Then I'd figure out the
math for converting these to positions on a rectangular page. The ShapeSheet
would look something like this:

Prop.Long = 30deg
Prop.Lat = -45
PinX = GUARD(Prop.Lat * whatever_the_function_is )
PinY = GUARD(Prop.Long * whatever_the_function_is )

(use minus for south, or add a drop-down list custom-property with
North/South items)

BTW, Visio accepts long/lat deg/min/sec units.

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Hope this helps,

Chris Roth
Visio MVP