Geodetic Coordinate System Viewer

To access the Geodetic Coordinate System Viewer, right-click in a blue System box found in the Conversion Settings of the job interface and select Info. The Geodetic Coordinate System Viewer contains information on the system's Identification, Definition and History.

Identification

The Identification tab (below) contains fields with coordinate system name, pertinent remarks and other identifiers used for the system. At the bottom of the window is the last revision date for the selected system.

Details

The Details tab (below) contains links (the blue 'i' button) to additional information on the Area of Use An area of use is a polygon that defines the applicable extent of an object in the datasource, such as a coordinate reference system or transformation.They are defined as both a polygon and a minimum bounding rectangle in Latitude / Longitude coordinates in WGS84., Point Style The angle between magnetic north and true north. There are multiple models of magnetic declination which can be selected in preferences., and Datum A Datum is the base model that maps are built on. All coordinate systems must have a datum associated with them to be related to any other map. Without a known datum, coordinates are meaningless. used to define the selected system.  

See Area of Use, Point Style, and Datum for more information on these dialogs.

History

The History tab (below) contains a revision history for the selected system.