GeographicLocation – Bricsys Support and Help Center

Sets the geographic location of the drawing by applying the longitude and latitude to a point in the drawing.

Note: This command cannot be used in a unitless drawing; first use the INSUNIT variable to set the units.

Accessing the Command

: geographiclocation

Displays a dialog box:

Enter options, pick a point in the drawing, and then click OK.

To display geographic coordinates, in the status bar right-click the x,y,z coordinates and then choose Geographic.

Click Geographic Location System in the status bar to change the way the coordinate system is represented in the drawing.

Command Options

Option	Description
GIS Coordinate System	Reports the GIS system being used by the drawing. To change the system Click the Browse button Choose a system from the droplist Click OK
Store geographic location information in the drawing	When checked, a red dot indicates the position in the drawing; see Position option.
Use Map Grid coordinate system	Uses the location data from the GIS Coordinate System, and so grays out all other options in this dialog box.
Choose Location	Displays the Choose Geographic Location dialog box: Choose a city from the droplist Optionally, also choose a time zone Click OK The program asks you if it is okay to change to the new time zone. Click Yes or No. You can also set the time zone independently in the Time Zone droplist; see below.
Location Format	Choose a format for the coordinates from the droplist: Degrees Minutes Seconds Decimal degrees
Latitude	Sets the latitude in either Degrees/Min./Sec. or decimal format. The valid range is 0 to 90. Choose North or South from the latitude option button. The value is saved to the LATITUDE system variable.
Longitude	Sets the longitude of the drawing in either Degrees/Min./Sec. or decimal format. The valid range is 0 to 180. Choose East or West from the longitude option button. The value is saved to the LONGITUDE system variable.
Timezone	Choose a time zone from the Time Zone droplist: The setting is saved to the TIMEZONE system variable.
Position	Specifies the position of the location in the drawing: X, Y Z - (enter the coordinates; the z is optional and can remain 0.) Pick Point - (click the button, and then pick a point in the drawing.)
North Direction: Angle	Specifies the angle of the sun from north, in the context of the world coordinate system. The setting is saved to the NORTHDIRECTION system variable.
North Direction: Elevation	Enter an elevation for the long-lat point; the value can be positive or negative.