The converter supports reading of both ground and geographic coordinates. For geographic Latitude and Longitude values, negative values are supported as well as E/W and N/S tags.
1. Select the Identifier check box if a text string is used to identify navigation data in the text file.
2. Enter the identifier and start position for the identifier.
3. Select the type of coordinates used: geographic or ground.
The content of tabs below this section is determined by type of coordinates selected.
• If Geographic is selected, the Latitude and Longitude tabs are displayed.
• If Ground is selected, the North and East tabs are displayed.
4. Complete the following fields for the Latitude/Longitude or the North/East tabs:
• Free Form: The free form method used to locate navigation data.
• Field: The field where the data is located, if you selected the Free Form option.
• Fixed Column: The fixed position method used to locate data.
• Position: The absolute location of the latitude or longitude data if you selected the Fixed Column option.
• Degrees: These fields contain the start of the coordinate field, the length of the field and any multiplier and offset values.
• Min: This check box enables the Start, Length, Multiplier/Offset fields when selected (geographic coordinates only).
• Sec: This check box enables the Start, Length, Multiplier/Offset fields when selected (geographic coordinates only).
• Tags: A hemisphere tag (N/S/E/W) is parsed with the data when this option is checked.
• Position: Position of the tag in the text file.
5. [Optional] Select the Pseudo Time check box.
6. Type a Start date and type an Increment value (in seconds).